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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 99, Issue 6, Pages 1631-1636Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.130
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Blastocyst; implantation; live birth; supernumerary embryos; vitrified
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- Intramural Research Program of the Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
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Objective: To estimate whether live birth in single-blastocyst transfers is correlated with the number of sibling supernumerary vitrified blastocysts (embryos not transferred) generated from that same cycle. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: A large academic assisted reproduction clinic. Patient(s): All single-blastocyst transfers in 2010 graded as good embryos by Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) criteria. Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): Implantation and live birth. Result(s): Of the 655 single-blastocyst transfers that met inclusion criteria, implantation occurred in 65% and live birth in 54% of cycles. In chi-square analysis, patients with supernumerary vitrified blastocysts had a statistically higher implantation rate (65% versus 50%) and live-birth rate (56% versus 41%) when compared with patients without supernumerary blastocysts. Univariate logistic regression demonstrated an increase in implantation (OR 1.09; 95% CI, 1.03-1.15) and live birth (OR 1.06; 95% CI, 1.02-1.09) with increasing number of supernumerary blastocysts. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that patient age and the number of supernumerary blastocysts were statistically significantly associated with implantation and live birth. Conclusion(s): The number of supernumerary vitrified blastocysts correlated positively with the odds of implantation and live birth in good quality single-blastocyst transfers. Patients with supernumerary blastocysts are good candidates for single-embryo transfer. (C) 2013 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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