Failure to Detect Viral RNA in Follicular Fluid Aspirates from a SARS-CoV-2-Positive Woman.

Although there is no known difference between the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 in pregnant and non-pregnant women based on the studies published until now, in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments were suspended during the pandemic due to uncertainties with the suggestions of associated societies. However, we do not have enough data on the exact effects of SARS-CoV-2 on fertility and pregnancy and whether there are damaging effects on IVF outcome. There is no available evidence about the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by either sexual way or through intrauterine insemination (IUI) or IVF.

The impact of a poor quality embryo on the implantation chance of a good quality one when transferred together: A study on double blastocyst transfers.

Objective: Embryo quality assessment with morphological evaluation remains the first-line method of assessment to select the best embryo for transfer. We aimed to determine if an effect of poor quality embryos on good quality ones exists, whether by a paracrine effect or an adverse endometrial influence, when they are transferred together.

Materials And Methods: We included 412 couples, who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in a tertiary IVF center.

The Presence of Endometrioma Does Not Impair Time-Lapse Morphokinetic Parameters and Quality of Embryos: A Study On Sibling Oocytes.

Objective: To see whether the oocytes retrieved from an ovary with an endometrioma would develop into embryos with aberrant timings of cleavage as assessed using time-lapse monitoring (TLM) and poorer morphologic quality compared with sibling oocytes from the contralateral ovary with no endometrioma in the same patient after intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Methods: This was an observational prospective study at an in vitro fertilization (IVF) center of a private hospital. It included analysis and comparison of 128 embryos (69 embryos developed from the ovary with endometrioma and 59 embryos from the contralateral ovary without endometrioma serving as controls from a total of 20 women with infertility).

Outcomes of Micro-Dissection TESE in Patients with Non-Mosaic Klinefelter's Syndrome without Hormonal Treatment.

Background: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common sex chromosomal disorder in males and historically patients have been labeled as sterile. After the introduction of microdissection testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE), successful sperm retrievals for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have been reported.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken on ten patients with non-mosaic KS undergoing micro-TESE for ICSI.

Male age is not an independent factor to affect the outcome of assisted reproductive techniques.

Controversy exists whether advanced male age is associated with poor sperm quality and subsequent failure in the assisted reproductive techniques (ART). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of male age on sperm quality and the outcome of ART as well as the association of male age with other relevant factors, particularly with the female age. A retrospective study was performed in order to evaluate the effect of male age on the sperm parameters in 880 routine seminal analyses.