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Efficacy of Laser-Assisted Hatching on Pregnancy and Live-Birth Rates of Human Frozen-Thawed Embryos

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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 Unexplained repeated in-vitro fertilization (IVF) failure is a major problem that faces both genders. The present study aims to estimate the influence of the laser-assisted hatching (LAH) technique on implantation, clinical pregnancy and live-birth rates using human cryopreserved–thawed embryos produced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Materials and methods: A total of 208 subjects was divided randomly into 100 subjects in the control group (Non-LAH), in which the uterine frozen embryo transfer (FET) was done directly; and 108 subjects in LAH group, in which laser shots were applied on day-3 frozen-thawed embryos before uterine transfer. All groups were further subdivided into three female age categories (22-30; 31-35 & 36-40 years). Number of mature, fertilized oocytes, fertilization, clinical pregnancy and live-birth rates were determined according to age distribution. Results: Both pregnancy (37.0 %) and live-birth (57.5 %) rates in LAH group were insignificantly lower than Non-LAH control group having pregnancy and live-birth rates of (45.0 % and 73.3 %, respectively). LAH caused a mild increase in clinical outcomes in females aged over 36 years, but in contrast, no improvement was observed in younger subjects. Conclusion: Our experimental study did not support using LAH as a routine strategy in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles.

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10.21608/jsrs.2023.331811

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in-vitro fertilization, ICSI, Laser-assisted hatching, Frozen embryos, Pregnancy

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Shorouk

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El-Toukhy

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Egyptian IVF-ET Center, Cairo, Egypt.

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Mohamed

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El-Desouky

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Ali

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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Ragaa

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Mansour

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Taha

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Egyptian IVF-ET Center, Cairo, Egypt.

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Mariam

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Abdur-Rahman

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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mariam@sci.cu.edu.eg

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0000-0001-6836-5565

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40

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1

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44922

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2023-12-01

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2023-12-23

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2023-12-01

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198

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212

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2356-8364

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2356-8372

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https://jsrs.journals.ekb.eg/article_331811.html

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Journal of Scientific Research in Science

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Efficacy of Laser-Assisted Hatching on Pregnancy and Live-Birth Rates of Human Frozen-Thawed Embryos

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24 Dec 2024