Title
The number of biopsied trophectoderm cells may affect pregnancy outcomes
Date Issued
15 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
PRANOR Laboratorio
PRANOR Laboratorio
ADN Diagnostico
PRANOR Laboratorio
PRANOR Laboratorio
PRANOR Laboratorio
PRANOR Laboratorio
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
Objective: To study if the number of trophectoderm (TE) biopsied cells has an impact on implantation rates. Design: A retrospective cohort study in a single-center study. Setting: In vitro fertilization center. Patients: Patients who underwent PGT-A from January 2013 to March 2016. In total, 482 vitrified/warmed single embryo transfers were included. Interventions: None. Main outcome measures: Clinical pregnancies rate, implantation rate. Results: Overall, clinical pregnancies per embryo transfer were higher when a regular TE were biopsied compared to larger size biopsy cells (66% (175/267) vs 53% (115/215) (p < 0.005) respectively). Pregnancy rates were also analyzed according to embryo morphology at the moment of embryo biopsy, when a good-quality embryo was transferred the clinical outcome was 75% (81/108) in group 1 and 61% (60/99) in group 2 (p < 0.05). Data was also stratified by age in patients ≤ 35 years and > 35 years. The clinical pregnancy was 67% (51/76) in women ≤ 35 years and 65% (124/191) in women > 35 years when a regular size biopsy was performed. These results significantly reduced when a larger size biopsy was performed 54% (49/91) and 53% (66/124), respectively (p < 0.05). Further investigation indicated that miscarriage rate was similar between these groups (4% (7/182) in group 1 and 5% (6/121) in group 2). Conclusions: These findings underscore that when a large amount of TE cells are biopsied, it may negatively affect implantation rates, but once implanted, the embryos have the same chance to miscarry or reach term.
Start page
145
End page
151
Volume
36
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Genética humana
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85055570269
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
ISSN of the container
10580468
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