Comparison of the offspring sex ratio between fresh and vitrification-thawed blastocyst transfer

Pin-Yao Lin; Fu-Jen Huang; Fu-Tsai Kung; Li-Jung Wang; Shiuh Young Chang; Kuo-Chung Lan

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.011

Comparison of the offspring sex ratio between fresh and vitrification-thawed blastocyst transfer

Fertil Steril. 2009 Nov;92(5):1764-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.011. Epub 2009 Jun 12.

Authors

Pin-Yao Lin¹, Fu-Jen Huang, Fu-Tsai Kung, Li-Jung Wang, Shiuh Young Chang, Kuo-Chung Lan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PMID: 19523616
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.011

Abstract

There was a significant difference in the sex ratio between offspring from fresh and from vitrification-thawed blastocyst transfer. The live birth sex ratio influenced by the blastocyst-stage embryo transfer correlated with top-quality embryo morphology.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Blastocyst*
Child of Impaired Parents / statistics & numerical data*
Cohort Studies
Cryopreservation*
Embryo Transfer / methods*
Embryo Transfer / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infertility / therapy
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Multiple / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Sex Ratio*
Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic