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HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 1771-1777Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den119
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human oocyte cryopreservation; slow freezing; high sucrose concentration; embryo quality
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BACKGROUND: A number of factors influence the success of oocyte cryopreservation and subsequent ICSI. The aim of the present study is to establish the ideal time, after oocyte retrieval, for human oocyte cryopreservation via slow freezing/rapid thawing protocol with 0.3 M sucrose concentration in cryoprotectant solution (SF/RT 0.3 M). METHODS: Retrospective study with 75 patients on the clinical outcome of 93 oocyte thawing cycles divided into three groups. Group A: freezing within 2 h from oocyte retrieval. Group B: freezing between 2 and 3 h from retrieval. Group C: freezing after 3 h. RESULTS: The rate of best quality embryos was significantly higher (35.2%; P = 0.050) in Group A than in Group C (14.1%). Pregnancy and implantation rates were 39.1% (9/23) and 18.5% (10/54) in Group A. Nine clinical pregnancies per 124 thawed (7.3%) and 73 injected (12.3%) oocytes were observed in Group A versus 3 pregnancies per 174 thawed, 103 injected (1.7%, 2.9%, P = 0.046 and 0.0049) in Group B and 4 per 139 thawed, 88 injected (2.9%, 4.5%, NS) in Group C. The overall yield from oocytes cryopreserved within 2 h of retrieval was 8.1 implantations per 100 oocytes thawed. CONCLUSIONS: Embryo quality and clinical outcome of thawing cycles were significantly improved when oocyte cryopreservation by SF/RT 0.3 M was carried out within 2 h from oocyte retrieval.
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