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JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 637-646Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-018-1396-x
Keywords
Time-lapse incubator; Morphokinetics; Embryo selection; Implantation rate
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PurposeTo demonstrate whether the standard morphokinetic markers used for embryo selection have a similar relationship to blastocyst formation and implantation in two large clinical data sets.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort analysis striving to answer two distinct questions utilizing data sets from two large IVF clinics. Blastocysts (BL) and implanted blastocysts (I) in both clinics, IVI-Valencia (BL=11,414, I=479) and WMC (BL=15,902; I=337), were cultured in a time-lapse system (EmbryoScope, Vitrolife, Sweden). The study was designed to assess the relationship between early morphokinetic hallmarks and BL development, with a secondary analysis of implantation rates following single-embryo day 3 and day 5 transfers.ResultsWe performed a detailed graphical analysis for t3, t5, duration of the second cell cycle (cc2) (t3-t2), and the ratio (t5-t3)/(t5-t2). The t5 timing was not affected between the clinics. However, Weill Cornell Medicine's (WCM) proportions were significantly affected by having BL vs. not. A significant decrease of blastocysts with longer t5 in WCM data, while t5 was more informative in the IVI data set for the implantation rate.ConclusionsMorphokinetic intervals for early cleavages were distributed differently between the clinics. Incorporation of embryo-selection algorithms depends on the individual clinic's selected developmental hallmarks, all of which must be validated before incorporation into clinical practice.
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