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- Title
Prioritized single vitrified blastocyst to be warmed between grades 3 or 4 blastocyst on day 5 transfer cycles.
- Authors
Ji, Juan; Ling, Xiufeng; Zhou, Qiao; Zhou, Lin; Ji, Hui; Wu, Xun; Zhang, Juanqiang; Cao, Shanren
- Abstract
Purpose: Selecting the optimal blastocyst to implant during cryopreservation and warming is critial for in vitro fertilization success. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore which blastocyst should be prioritized to be thawed when facing a single vitrified blastocyst on day 5 transfer. Methods: A retrospective study including 1,976 single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles was conducted from January 2016 to December 2020. Results: We found that grade 4 vitrified blastocyst had a higher clinical pregnancy (60.64% vs. 49.48%, P < 0.001) and live birth rates (50.12% vs 39.59%, P < 0.001) than the grade 3 vitrified blastocyst. However, no statistical difference was found between groups in miscarriage rate, birth weight, or gestational age. Besides, the grade 4 vitrified–thawed blastocyst had significant potential to develop into grade 6 blastocyst after further culturing for 16 h (73.68% vs. 48.60%, P < 0.001). The grade 6 transferred blastocyst was markedly higher in both clinical pregnancy rate (61.88% vs. 51.53%, P < 0.001) and live birth rate (50.91% vs. 40.46%, P < 0.001) compared to grade 5 transferred blastocyst. Conclusions: Grade 4 vitrified blastocyst is recommended when facing single vitrified blastocyst on day 5 transfer. More importantly, the "embryonic escape hypothesis" was firstly proposed to reveal the findings.
- Subjects
BLASTOCYST; FERTILIZATION in vitro; GESTATIONAL age; BIRTH weight; BIRTH rate
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2024, Vol 309, Issue 4, p1629
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-023-07336-7