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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A Retrospective Analysis of Outcome of Vitrified vs Fresh Oocytes among Donor and Patient Cohorts

Rutvij Jay Dalal, Akanksha P Mishra, Divya Rani

Citation Information : Dalal RJ, Mishra AP, Rani D. A Retrospective Analysis of Outcome of Vitrified vs Fresh Oocytes among Donor and Patient Cohorts. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2021; 12 (1):1-6.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10016-1210

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-04-2021

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2021; The Author(s).


Abstract

Background: Oocyte cryopreservation has been an enigma for many years. It has not been easy to freeze the largest cell of the body owing to its large water content and low surface-to-volume ratio. The recovery of cryopreserved oocytes, for many years, remained dismal at best due to ice crystal formation and insufficient cryoprotectant permeation. In recent years, particularly after the advent of vitrification, a much more successful cryopreservation recovery has been achieved, and oocyte cryopreservation has now become a mainstream treatment procedure in artificial reproduction technology (ART). Aim and objective: Our study aims to retrospectively analyze oocyte cryopreservation data collected over a period of 5 years, between two centers, with a standardized vitrification-warming technique. The parameters taken into consideration were oocyte survival, fertilization, blastocysts formation, implantation rate, and live birth rate. Result: We have observed no significant difference in fresh vs frozen oocytes in the donor as well as patient cohorts in terms of implantation rates and live birth outcomes. Our data have been very encouraging, so that we can offer oocyte cryopreservation to the desiring women seeking this technology, and have opened up a plethora of opportunities with the successful application of oocyte vitrification. Conclusion: We are attempting a further, more elaborate study with much bigger sample size and many more individual criteria to follow-up the success of this technique more closely.


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