Does morphological assessment predict oocyte developmental competence? A systematic review and proposed score.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Does existing scientific literature suggest an impact of oocyte dysmorphisms on biological or clinical outcomes of assisted reproduction treatments?

Methods

Studies of interest were selected from an initial cohort of 6651 potentially relevant records retrieved. PubMed was systematically searched for peer-reviewed original papers and reviews identified by keywords and medical subject heading (MeSH) terms. The most relevant publications were critically evaluated to identify criteria for oocyte morphological evaluation and IVF outcomes. For each morphological abnormality, we generated an oocyte literature score (OLS) through the following procedure: (a) papers showing a negative, absence of, or positive correlation between a given abnormality and IVF outcome were scored

SUBMITTER: Bartolacci A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866588 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature