title: The use of portable CO2 incubator for cross-border shipping of embryos in an international egg donation program.
abstract: Two groups of egg recipients were treated, one in situ (165 patients; 195 cycles) and one after cross-border embryo transportation (340 cycles; 340 cycles) using mobile CO(2) incubator. The positive pregnancy rate per cycle was 199/340 (58.6%) and 99/195 (50.7%) in the transportation and the traveling group, respectively (NS). The clinical pregnancy rate (fetal heart beat) was 48.1 and 43.1% per embryo transfer cycle, respectively (NS) and the delivery rate was 44.1 and 35.9% per embryo transfer cycle, respectively (p = 0.01). Long distance transportation of human pre-implantation embryos using portable CO(2) incubator is safe and do not jeopardize their developmental potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, IVF Unit, ISIDA Women's Hospital , Kiev , Ukraine .
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levron
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zinchenko
authors.forename: Shahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kol
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Direnfeld
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007185:Incubators / Q000592:standards*; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
keywords: Egg donation; embryo culture; embryo transportation; in vitro fertilization