Alessandro Bartolacci

observational 2025

Delays in the final stages of fertilization are strongly associated with trichotomous cytokinesis and cleavage arrest

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-024-03330-3

PURPOSE: Recent evidence showed that the phase between pronuclear fading and the first cleavage is a perilous bridge connecting the zygote and the embryo. Indeed, delay in the short interval between pronuclear breakdown (PNBD) and the first…

observational 2023

Endometriosis affects the number of retrieved oocytes but not early embryonic development and live birth: a retrospective analysis of 716 IVF cycles

Human fertility (Cambridge, England) ·doi:10.1080/14647273.2023.2200979

To investigate the potential effect of endometriosis on embryo development and clinical outcomes, a retrospective analysis of 716 women undergoing their first standard in vitro fertilization (sIVF) cycles (205 endometriosis and 511 with tub…

observational 2023

Humidified atmosphere in a time-lapse embryo culture system does not improve ongoing pregnancy rate: a retrospective propensity score model study derived from 496 first ICSI cycles

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-023-02818-8

PURPOSE: To investigate whether high relative humidity conditions (HC), when using a time-lapse system (TLS) with sequential culture media, are beneficial to embryo culture, improving ongoing pregnancy rates. METHODS: We included patients …

observational 2019

Maternal body mass index affects embryo morphokinetics: a time-lapse study

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-019-01456-3

PURPOSE: To assess the effect of body mass index (BMI) on morphokinetic parameters of human embryos evaluated with time-lapse technology during in vitro culture. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of ART cycles utilizing time-lapse technolo…