title: Successful live birth after transfer of blastocyst and frozen blastocyst from rescue ICSI with application of polarized light microscopy for spindle examination on unfertilized eggs.
abstract: This article aims to report successful live births after transfer of fresh blastocyst or vitrified/warmed blastocyst derived from intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) on day-1 of unfertilized mature eggs (so-called "rescue ICSI") with spindle examination using polarized light microscopy. Two couples who had rescue ICSI performed achieved a positive pregnancy result after the transfer of a fresh or vitrified blastocyst. The two pregnancies led to the live births of a healthy baby boy of 2.72 kg and baby girl of 3.4 kg, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MUHC Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. mjhee@yahoo.co.kr.
authors.forename: Jeong Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MUHC Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. sara.henderson@muhc.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MUHC Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. elena.garcia@muhc.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcia-Cerrudo
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MUHC Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. alina.mahfoudh@muhc.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahfoudh
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MUHC Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. shauna.reinblatt@muhc.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Shauna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reinblatt
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MUHC Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Weon-young.son@muhc.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Weon-Young
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Son
mesh_terms: D001755:Blastocyst; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D008297:Male; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000379:methods*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D058989:Vitrification