Infertility creates an immense impact on the psychosocial wellbeing of affected couples,
leading to poor quality of life. Infertility is now considered to be a global health issue …

Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that one in six couples experience some
delay in conception and an increasing number require treatment by the assisted conception …

This randomized, controlled trial verifies whether patients with recurrent failed implantation
benefit from preimplantation genetic diagnosis for aneuploidy, as compared with …

BACKGROUND: Assisted hatching (AH) techniques, designed for facilitating the embryo
escape out of the zona pellucida (ZP) have been used in IVF centres since 1992. The initial …

To improve success rates, assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures continually
undergo optimization and enhancement such that the best quality gametes and embryos …

Implantation failure after IVF is one of the factors associated with a reduced chance of
pregnancy for some patients. Assisted hatching methodologies are designed to facilitate the …

Introduction Laser-assisted hatching (LAH) is a commonly used adjunct technique; however,
its effectiveness has not been fully established. Objective We evaluated the effects of LAH …

BACKGROUND: Cryopreservation of embryos may lead to zona hardening that may
compromise in vivo hatching and implantation following thawing and transfer. Assisted …

BACKGROUND: Assisted hatching (AH) in fresh embryo transfer (ET) cycles increases the
implantation and pregnancy rates, especially in women with a poor prognosis, repeated …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether laser-assisted hatching can improve clinical outcome of
assisted reproductive techniques in patients with advanced female age, with recurrent …