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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018)

Published: June 30, 2018

Pages: 55-63

Research Article

Effect of Ovarian Stimulation Protocol on Embryo Quality in IVF-ICSI

Mufeda A. Jwad 1 Ban A.Abdulmajeed 2 Ula M. Al-Kawaz
1High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al-Nahrain University,Baghdad-IRAQ
2College of Medicine,Al-Nahrain University,Baghdad-IRAQ
History
  • Received: March 1, 2018
  • Available Online: June 1, 2018

Abstract

Background:Defects in reproduction that may involve both the male & female partners result in the inability to procreate which is known as infertility. The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART’s) has been increasing over the past three decades. Many efforts have been done to compensate for unsatisfac-tory results in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, so that patients undergo different ovarian stimulation protocols to control retrieval of multiple oocytes in a single cycle. Although ovarian stimulation has an important role in ART’s, it may also have detrimental effects on oocyte quality, embryo quality, and IVF outcomes. Objectives: To assess the effect of long agonist versus antagonist protocols on oocyte and embryo quality in IVF-Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Patients,Materials and Methods: This comparative study was done on the embryos of seventy one infertile fe-males who were undergoing Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment regardless to the presence or absence of previous trials. These patients were divided into two groups, 45 of them treated with agonist protocol and other 26 patients treated with antagonist protocol. First oocyte retrieved was used for further assessment. Of the 71 oocytes, there were eight immature oocytes (3 at germinal vesicle (GV) stage, 5 at metaphase I (MI) stage) and three abnormal oocytes, and these were excluded from the following ICSI treatment. Assessment and comparison of oocyte maturity, fertilization rate, cleavage rate and resulting embryo quality were done. Results:The results of the present study showed significant difference (p<0.05) in oocyte number and maturity but no significant (p>0.05) difference between the group treated with long agonist and those on antagonist protocol regarding fertilization rate, cleavage rate, and embryo quality. Conclusions:The type of protocol used in in-vitro fertilization has no detrimen-tal effect on oocyte or embryo quality.

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