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Should all embryos from day 1 rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection be transferred during frozen-thawed cycles?
Nathalie Sermondade1, Jean-Noël Hugues, Isabelle Cedrin-Durnerin
1Service d'Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique-Biologie de la Reproduction-CECOS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France.
Abstract:
A retrospective analysis of a 5-year rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) experience performed in 17 cases of complete IVF fertilization failure showed that the ongoing pregnancy rate per embryo transfer (ET) is much higher in a subsequent frozen-thawed cycles (40%, 2/5) than following a fresh ET (6.7%, 1/15). These results suggest that cryopreservation of all embryos, subsequently used in frozen-thawed cycles, might improve rescue ICSI outcome throughout a better synchronization of the embryo development with the endometrium.
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