Daniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira Braga

OBJECTIVE: To study which factors affect perinatal outcomes in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles. METHODS: Data was obtained from 402 live births born to 307 patients undergoing ICSI cycles in a private university-affiliated I…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to look into the use of serum metabolites as potential biomarkers of response to controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles. METHODS: This case-con…

PURPOSE: To investigate the predictive value of the motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) on embryo morphology. METHODS: The morphologies of 540 embryos obtained from 60 couples undergoing ICSI were evaluated from days 1 to…

PURPOSE: To investigate if there is a correlation between the prevalence of sperm with large nuclear vacuoles (LNV) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes. METHODS: Two hundred male patients undergoing ICSI had their sperm mo…

PURPOSE: To compare the results of intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) between cycles in which the swim-up (SUP) or the density gradient centrifugation (DGC) techniques were used for sperm preparation. METHODS:…

BACKGROUND: This study compares the developmental capacity of gametes retrieved from the largest follicle with small follicles of a cohort in controlled ovarian stimulated cycles. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study performed in …

PURPOSE: To evaluate if several genetic loci that are associated with variation in normal menopause age and early menopause can account for a poor response to controlled ovarian stimulation. METHODS: A total of 71 patients age ≤35 years ol…

INTRODUCTION: Ovarian stimulation is employed in assisted reproduction techniques in order to obtain as many oocytes as possible. The early rise in oestradiol levels may lead to the premature end of the respective cycle. In order to avoid s…