Embryo incubation and selection in a time-lapse monitoring system improves pregnancy outcome compared with a standard incubator: a retrospective cohort study

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 98; no. 6; pp. 1481 - 1489.e10
• Main Authors: Meseguer, Marcos, Ph.D, Rubio, Irene, Ph.D, Cruz, Maria, Ph.D, Basile, Natalia, Ph.D, Marcos, Julian, Ph.D, Requena, Antonio, M.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.12.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; clinical pregnancy; cohort studies; confidence interval; culture system; Embryo development; embryo selection; embryo transfer; Embryo Transfer - methods; Embryo Transfer - statistics & numerical data; Female; Fertility Preservation - methods; Fertility Preservation - statistics & numerical data; Fertilization in Vitro - methods; Fertilization in Vitro - statistics & numerical data; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Incubators; Internal Medicine; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; monitoring; morphokinetic parameters; Obstetrics and Gynecology; odds ratio; oocytes; patients; Pregnancy; pregnancy outcome; Pregnancy Rate; Prevalence; regression analysis; Spain - epidemiology; Time-Lapse Imaging - methods; Time-Lapse Imaging - statistics & numerical data; time-lapse monitoring; Treatment Outcome; ultrasonics; Young Adult; Spain; embryo selection; time-lapse monitoring; Embryo development; morphokinetic parameters; clinical pregnancy; culture system; Embryo; Prognosis; Incubation; Gynecology; Obstetrics; Standards; Retrospective; Pregnancy; Monitoring system; Surveillance; Cohort study; Development; Comparative study

Objective To quantify the effect on reproductive outcome of culturing and selecting embryos using a novel time-lapse monitoring system (TMS). Design Retrospective observational cohort study. Setting University-affiliated private center. Patient(s) Donation and autologous intracytoplasmic sperm injec...