The Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS) has long promoted the importance of externally accredited training and assessment of scientific staff within assisted conception centres to ensure professional registration and relevant training at all levels. This not only gives scientific staff the opportunity to empower themselves but also acts to ensure assisted conception centres maintain the highest standards of care and quality for patients whilst meeting HFEA requirements for staffing and training. It also provides assurance to patients that treatment is being delivered by highly trained and competent staff.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To describe a case of Goldenhar syndrome in a couple receiving donated oocytes in an 'egg sharing' IVF cycle where the recipient of donor oocytes had Turner syndrome, hypothyroidism and gestational diabetes.
Methods: Case report
Results: Child born to oocyte recipient with Goldenhar syndrome
Conclusions: We believe this is the first reported case of a child born with Goldenhar syndrome following use of donated oocytes in IVF by a woman with Turner syndrome, hypothyroidism and gestational diabetes.
Purpose: To describe a case of homogeneous macro vacuolar formation in oocytes from a patient undergoing IVF/ICSI over 3 cycles and implications thereof.
Methods: Case report and analysis of cycle outcomes including spindle visualization to determine severity of internal disruption caused.
Results: Characteristic macro vacuoles (>25 microm diameter) were identified in the vast majority of oocytes.
Objective: To describe a case of scrotal vasocutaneous fistula discharging viable sperm.
Design: Case report.
Setting: A hospital-based assisted conception center.