Laser assisted zona thinning technique has no beneficial effect on the ART outcomes of two different maternal age groups
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- 14 May 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
- Vol. 27 (8) , 457-461
Abstract
Laser assisted zona thinning is a technique used for facilitating embryo’s hatching process and is commonly used for the embryos of poor prognosis patients with advanced maternal age, repeated implantation failures, poor embryo quality or thick zona pellucida. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of zona thinning on both good or poor prognosis patients of two different age groups. We investigated two different age groups (group 1: p = 0.86), 43% and 38% in groups 2A and 2B (p = 0.59) respectively. Our results suggest that laser assisted zona thinning of day 3 embryos has no beneficial effect on clinical pregnancy and implantation outcomes.Keywords
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