Age Does not Influence the Effect of Embryo Fragmentation on Successful Blastocyst Development

Authors

Diana H. Wu
Kasey Reynolds
Rose Maxwell, Wright State UniversityFollow
Steven Lindheim, Wright State UniversityFollow
Mira Aubuchon
Michael A. Thomas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-30-2011

Abstract

We evaluated the rate of blastocyst development in day 3 embryos with appropriate cellular division and investigated whether maternal age modified the effect of embryo fragmentation on blastulation. Our data showed a significant negative correlation between the degree of embryo fragmentation and rate of blastocyst development, but age did not exert an effect on the degree of fragmentation in embryos with appropriate cleaving status, nor did it modify the significant effect embryo fragmentation had on blastocyst formation.

Comments

Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Orlando, Florida, March 2010.

Repository Citation

Wu, D. H., Reynolds, K., Maxwell, R., Lindheim, S., Aubuchon, M., & Thomas, M. A. (2011). Age Does not Influence the Effect of Embryo Fragmentation on Successful Blastocyst Development. Fertility and Sterility, 95 (8), 2778-2780.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/obgyn/27

DOI

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.024