title: The combination of coculture and selective assisted hatching: results from their clinical application.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish pregnancies using a combination of coculture and selective assisted hatching.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical application for a selected group of patients. Not a controlled study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Private infertility practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women with high basal FSH levels, ovulatory disorders, and multiple failed IVF attempts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnancy and implantation rates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 95 patients who had coculture and selective assisted hatching, 45 (47.0%) have an ongoing pregnancy with a 23.0% implantation rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of coculture and assisted hatching produced acceptable pregnancy and implantation rates within the selected patient population.
authors.affiliation: Northwest Center for Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Margate, Florida.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Wiemer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuervo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Genetis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leibowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D010064:Embryo Implantation; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008846:Micromanipulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D015044:Zona Pellucida