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PurposeTaking into consideration earlier attempts at assisted reproduction and previous pregnancies allows a more differentiated approach when counseling couples regarding their chances in assisted reproductive treatments. The aim of this s…

PurposeIt was studied whether morphokinetics of blastocoele re-expansion and hatching in vitrified-warmed blastocysts is predictive of implantation, clinical pregnancy, and live birth.MethodsIn 144 patients aiming for single warmed blastocy…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis affects up to 15% of women of reproductive age. There is an obvious lack of studies dealing with morphological parameters of oocyte morphology in endometriosis patients in assisted reproduction. One aim of the st…

ObjectiveThis prospective study was set up in order to analyze whether additional treatment (cutting off supernumerous cumulus cells; adding hyaluronidase) of the cumulus-oocyte-complex (COC) would help to improve treatment outcome.Material…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the anti muellerian hormone (AMH) serum levels in women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: A case-control study SETTING: Women's General Hospital, Linz, Austria. PATIENT(S): Our study included a total of 909 patie…

PurposeTo determine the influence of technical pitfalls and oocyte morphology on survival rate and cleavage behavior after ICSI.MethodsA total of 2210 injection procedures was examined for morphological and technical deviations. Survival ra…