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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tejera, Alberto, Ph.D
• Mollá, Marta, Ph.D
• Muriel, Lourdes, Ph.D
• Remohí, Jose, M.D
• Pellicer, Antonio, M.D
• De Pablo, Jose Luis, Ph.D

Titel

Successful pregnancy and childbirth after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with calcium ionophore oocyte activation in a globozoospermic patient

Ist Teil von

• Fertility and sterility, 2008-10, Vol.90 (4), p.1202.e1-1202.e5

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective To check the effectiveness of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) combined with assisted oocyte activation (AOA) in a globozoospermic patient. Design Case report. Setting Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Spain. Patient(s) A patient with globozoospermia. Intervention(s) ICSI was administered in 14 oocytes. ICSI combined with AOA, in which a small amount of calcium was injected followed by calcium ionophore exposure, was done in 9 oocytes. Main Outcome Measure(s) Fertilization rate and embryo quality was assessed in both groups. Result(s) Chemical activation increased fertilization rate (55.6% vs. 35.7%) and the number of embryos with less multinucleation on day 2 (0 vs. 60%). Two embryos generated from AOA were transferred into the uterus (on day 3), resulting in a pregnancy and a healthy newborn. Conclusion(s) The AOA with calcium ionophore treatment improved fertilization rate and quality of the embryos, and was found to be an effective method for AOA in this patient with a low fertilization rate after previous ICSI treatment.