Journal
JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
Volume 27, Issue 9-10, Pages 549-554Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-010-9452-1
Keywords
Assisted reproduction; Vitrification; Human in vitro fertilisation; Human embryo; Slow-rate cryopreservation; Prospective randomised trial
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To compare embryo survival, pregnancy and implantation rates after cryopreservation of human cleavage-stage embryos with slow-rate cryopreservation or vitrification. 262 patients, attending for assisted reproduction, were prepared for oocyte retrieval using standard controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocols. Excess embryos were cryopreserved on day 3 either by vitrification, or slow-rate cryopreservation in a programmable freezer. Cycles of thawing were monitored for thaw efficiency, pregnancy and implantation rates. Clinical pregnancy and implantation rates were highly comparable between cycles in which day 3 embryos were thawed either after slow-rate cryopreservation or vitrification. These data suggest that vitrification of human embryos during assisted reproduction cycles achieves comparable success rates to fresh cycles and therefore can be applied in the laboratory of assisted reproduction.
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