Comparison Of Pregnancy Outcomes Between Day 2 And Day 3 Embryo Transfer | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 15, Issue 2 - Serial Number 11106352, December 2011, Page 21-24 PDF (1.26 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2011.257270 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Mohammed Shehata | ||||
| Zeyad B.SC Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Infertility Center, C-PLAS Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Objective: To test if the extended embryo culture and embryo selection methods have a positive effect on pregnancy outcome or not. Materials & Methods: This study had been carried out in infertility unit at C-PLAS hospital at Sana’a, Yemen during the period from July 2007 to July 2009, it includes 305 intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles had fresh embryo transfer either on day 2, (220 patients) or on day 3, (85 patients). It retrospectively analyzes the pregnancy rates for both groups. Results: The mean age was similar in both groups. Pregnancy rates were slightly higher in day 3 embryo transfer (43.52 %) versus day 2 embryo transfer (40 %) but not statistically significant. There was no statistical significant difference in pregnancy rates based on the number of embryo transferred in both groups, However there was significant difference in the quality and cleavage stage of embryo, day 2 embryo transfer (grad A 68.14 %, grad B 25.62 % and grade AB 6.23 %, 4 cell 98.19 % and 8 cell 1.8 %) versus day 3 (grad A 85.71 %, grad B 11.84 % and grade AB 2.43 %, 4 cell 49.13 % and 8 cell 50.87 %). Conclusion: Extending embryo culture period from day 2 to day 3 have positive effect on cleavage stage and quality of embryo, but had no adverse effect on pregnancy rate .Embryo transfer could be done on day 2 or day 3 according to quality and cleavage stage of embryo. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Key word: Embryo quality; cleavage stage; pregnancy rate; day2 and day3 ET | ||||
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