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Can Comprehensive Chromosome Screening Technology Improve IVF/ICSI Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis.
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- DuoStim - a reproducible strategy to obtain more oocytes and competent embryos in a short time-frame aimed at fertility preservation and IVF purposes. A systematic review.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2020Pooled it
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- Pregnancy and child developmental outcomes after preimplantation genetic screening: a meta-analytic and systematic review.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2018Pooled it
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- Which factors affect the live birth outcome of the first single euploid frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in couples with balanced chromosomal translocations?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Observational
- Towards Automation in IVF: Pre-Clinical Validation of a Deep Learning-Based Embryo Grading System during PGT-A Cycles.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Comparing Day 5 versus Day 6 euploid blastocyst in frozen embryo transfer and developing a predictive model for optimizing outcomes: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Clinical application of noninvasive chromosomal screening for elective single-blastocyst transfer in frozen-thawed cycles.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy in patients with low embryo numbers: benefit or harm?Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022Article
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- The impact of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (PGT-A) on clinical outcomes in high risk patients.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022Article
- Results of Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A) in a Cohort of 319 Embryos: Experience in a Fertility Clinic in Colombia.JBRA assisted reproduction · 2022Observational
- Nomogram based on clinical and laboratory characteristics of euploid embryos using the data in PGT-A: a euploid-prediction model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Effects of PGT-A on Pregnancy Outcomes for Young Women Having One Previous Miscarriage with Genetically Abnormal Products of Conception.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2021Article
- Utilization of preimplantation genetic testing in the USA.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS) for preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) has an effect on improving in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) outcomes compared to traditional morphological methods.
methodsA literature search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, CNKI and ClinicalTrials.gov up to May 2015. Two reviewers independently evaluated titles and abstracts, extracted data and assessed quality. We included studies that compared the IVF/ICSI outcomes of CCS-based embryo selection with those of the traditional morphological method. Relative risk (RR) values with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated in RevMan 5.3, and subgroup analysis and Begg's test were used to assess heterogeneity and potential publication bias, respectively.
resultsFour RCTs and seven cohort studies were included. A meta-analysis of the outcomes showed that compared to morphological criteria, euploid embryos identified by CCS were more likely to be successfully implanted (RCT RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.18-1.47; cohort study RR 1.74, 95% CI 1.35-2.24). CCS-based PGS was also related to an increased clinical pregnancy rate (RCT RR 1.26, 95% CI 0.83-1.93; cohort study RR 1.48, 95% CI 1.20-1.83), an increased ongoing pregnancy rate (RCT RR 1.31, 95% CI 0.64-2.66; cohort study RR 1.61, 95% CI 1.30-2.00), and an increased live birth rate (RCT RR 1.26, 95% CI 1.05-1.50; cohort study RR 1.35, 95% CI 0.85-2.13) as well as a decreased miscarriage rate (RCT RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.24-1.15; cohort study RR 0.31, 95% CI 0.21-0.46) and a decreased multiple pregnancy rate (RCT RR 0.02, 95% CI 0.00-0.26; cohort study RR 0.19, 95% CI 0.07-0.51). The results of the subgroup analysis also showed a significantly increased implantation rate in the CCS group.
conclusionsThe effectiveness of CCS-based PGS is comparable to that of traditional morphological methods, with better outcomes for women receiving IVF/ICSI technology. The transfer of both trophectoderm-biopsied and blastomere-biopsied CCS-euploid embryos can improve the implantation rate.
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