Transfer of refrozen twice-thawed embryos do not decrease the implantation rate.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the ability of twice frozen/thawed multi-cell embryos to implant in the human uterus.


METHODS
Fourteen frozen embryo transfer (ET) cycles, in which at least one twice-frozen embryo was thawed for transfer, were matched to frozen ET cycles in which no twice-frozen embryos were thawed. The number of embryos thawed at the pronuclear stage and at the multi-cell stage were matched.


RESULTS
Multi-cell embryos frozen once had a 76.3% survival rate after thaw and those frozen twice had a 74.0% survival rate. For frozen ET cycles that had no twice-frozen embryos, the viable pregnancy and implantation rates were 58.3% and 29.8%, respectively. The corresponding rates for cycles involving at least one twice-frozen embryo were 50.0% and 25.5%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The inclusion of twice-frozen embryos in the embryo pool did not reduce the implantation rate.
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The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, USA.
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Swenson
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Wilson
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Lurie
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D000328:Adult; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate