Multinucleation in cleavage stage embryos.

Hum Reprod

Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics-Gynaecology-Fertility, Middelheim Hospital, Lindendreef 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.

Published: May 2003

Background: The aim was to analyse multinucleation in relation to its incidence in time and in the population, and its correlation with clinical variables, with other morphological characteristics and with the implantation rate of cleavage stage embryos.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of 10 388 cleaved embryos from 1395 consecutive IVF/ICSI cycles in 700 patients between January 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002.

Results: Multinucleation was observed in 3491 (33.6%) embryos in 1107 cycles (79.4%) of 609 (87%) patients, more frequently on day 2 than on day 3: 2848 (27.4%) versus 1567 (15.1%) [relative risk (RR) = 1.82; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.72-1.92]. Its incidence increased with fragmentation: 31.0, 34.4 and 36.5% for fragmentation
Conclusions: Multinucleation is a frequently observed phenomenon. It is associated with impaired cleavage and increased fragmentation and is compromising the ongoing implantation rate. Multinucleation should be part of embryo assessment.

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