Open AccessFailure of complete hatching of ICSI-derived human blastocyst by cell herniation via small slit and insufficient expansion despite ongoing cell proliferation
Author(s) -
Taketo Inoue,
Mikiko Uemura,
Kazunori Miyazaki,
Yoshiki Yamashita
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1573-7330
pISSN - 1058-0468
DOI - 10.1007/s10815-019-01521-x
Subject(s) - zona pellucida , blastocyst , hatching , andrology , intracytoplasmic sperm injection , embryo , human fertilization , biology , anatomy , in vitro fertilisation , embryogenesis , oocyte , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology
To assess the effect of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) on embryo hatching and visualise the effects of zona thinning (ZT) on the embryo using time-lapse monitoring.