Strategies for the management of OHSS: Results from freezing-all cycles.

Objective: To compare the use of GnRH agonist (GnRHa) or hCG trigger in potential OHSS patients undergoing freeze-all programs. We also compared the clinical outcomes when fresh versus freeze-thawed embryo transfers were performed in cycles with a high number of retrieved oocytes.

Methods: The study included potential OHSS patients who received GnRHa (n=74) or hCG (n=49) trigger.

The impact of food intake and social habits on embryo quality and the likelihood of blastocyst formation.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of patients' lifestyle factors and eating habits on embryo development. A total of 2659 embryos recovered from 269 patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles were included. The frequency of intake of food items and social habits were registered and its influences on embryo development evaluated.

Endometriosis Affects Oocyte Morphology in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Cycles?

Objective: To identify associations between presence of endometriosis and oocyte defects, embryo developmental potential, and cycle outcomes.

Methods: This study looked into the impact of endometriosis on oocyte and embryo quality, and blastocyst formation probability. Endometriosis was also correlated with cycle characteristics.

Patient selection criteria for blastocyst transfers in extended embryo culture programs.

Purpose: To identify the correlation between different cycles, patient factors and blastocyst characteristics.

Methods: The study included 420 patients undergoing ICSI cycles and 2781 graded blastocysts, which took into account the blastocyst quality. The correlations between the blastocyst parameters and the patient and cycle characteristics were assessed.

Metaphase II human oocyte morphology: contributing factors and effects on fertilization potential and embryo developmental ability in ICSI cycles.

Morphologic abnormalities in the oocyte are relevant for determining its developmental fate and could be related to controlled ovarian stimulation protocols and ovarian response. The contributing factors of oocyte dysmorphism incidence and its effects on fertilization potential and embryo development are the object of discussion in this study.