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Successful clinical application of laser for micromanipulation in an in vitro fertilization program
1Institute of Sterility Treatment, Vienna, Austria.
Fertility and Sterility
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
This is a report of our preliminary experience with assisted hatching by laser with a case of an ongoing twin pregnancy. We used an erbium laser to create a 20 to 30-micrometer opening in the zona pellucida of human embryos to facilitate the embryonic hatching after the embryo transfer. Our report proves that it is possible to obtain a pregnancy using a simple and quick laser method instead of mechanical or chemical procedures within the scope of micromanipulation.