ArticleReproductive medicine and biology2018
Morphologically poor blastocysts could affect the implantation rate of a morphologically good blastocyst during a double-blastocyst transfer for patients who have experienced repeated implantation failures.
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- Clinical outcomes of co-transfer of partially and fully compacted morula versus fully compacted morula alone on day 4.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Sequential Transfer of Blastocysts on Day 5 and Day 6 in Patients with Repeated Implantation Failure in Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Effect of frozen-thawed embryo transfer with a poor-quality embryo and a good-quality embryo on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2024Article
- Effect of Male Cigarette Smoking on In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Outcomes and Embryo Morphokinetic Parameters.Cureus · 2024Article
- Does the transfer of a poor quality embryo with a good quality embryo benefit poor prognosis patients?Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2020Article
- Morphologically poor blastocysts could affect the implantation rate of a morphologically good blastocyst during a double-blastocyst transfer for patients who have experienced repeated implantation failures.Reproductive medicine and biology · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeIncreasing the number of transferred blastocysts sometimes is selected for patients with repeated implantation failure (RIF). To confirm this strategy, the pregnancy rates (PRs) were compared among the groups who had transferred either a single morphologically good blastocyst (MGB group), double blastocysts with both a MGB and a morphologically poor blastocyst (MGB + MPB group), or a double-BT with 2 MGBs (two-MGB group).
methodsThis study was performed between April, 2009 and September, 2014, including 634 cycles for 354 patients with RIF. All the patients received cryopreserved blastocysts in either hormone replacement or natural ovulatory cycles. The included MGBs were at more than the Gardner grade 3BB stage. The PR and implantation rates (IRs) among the three groups were statistically evaluated by the chi-square test. Statistical significance was set at
resultsAlthough the PRs were similar in these three groups, the IR in the MGB + MPB group was significantly lower than that of the MGB group. The rate in the two-MGB group also was significantly lower than that of the MGB group.
conclusionA double-BT with a MGB and a MPB does not increase the pregnancy rate, compared with a single-BT with a MGB among patients with RIF.
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