Developmental potential of surplus morulas with delayed and/or incomplete compaction after freezing-thawing procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Morulas with delayed growth sometimes coexist with blastocysts. There is still limited evidence regarding the optimal disposal of surplus morulas. With the advancement of vitrification, the freezing-thawing technique has been widely applied to zygotes with 2 pronuclei, as well as embryos at the cleavage and blastocyst stages. The freezing of morulas, however, has rarely been discussed. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether these poor-quality and slow-growing morulas are worthy of cryopreservation.

Methods

This is a retrospective, observational, proof-of-concept study. A total of 1033 day 5/6 surplus morulas were cryopreserved from January 2015 to December 2018. The study included 167 women undergoing 180 frozen embryo transfer cycles. After the moru

SUBMITTER: Tsai NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821030 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature