Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle

Abstract Background Both embryo development speed and embryo morphology score played a significant role in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle (FET) outcomes. Most of the literature indicates that D5 embryos performed better than D6 embryos, although a few also indicate that there is no difference i...

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Main Authors: Yaping Jiang, Rui Jiang, Hui He, Xinling Ren, Qiong Yu, Lei Jin
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05415-w
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author Yaping Jiang
Rui Jiang
Hui He
Xinling Ren
Qiong Yu
Lei Jin
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Rui Jiang
Hui He
Xinling Ren
Qiong Yu
Lei Jin
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description Abstract Background Both embryo development speed and embryo morphology score played a significant role in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle (FET) outcomes. Most of the literature indicates that D5 embryos performed better than D6 embryos, although a few also indicate that there is no difference in clinical outcomes between D5 and D6 embryos. Clinically, D5 embryos are preferred for equal morphological scores. But how to choose embryos when the morphological score of D6 embryos is better than D5? Methods A retrospective study including 8199 frozen-thawed embryo transfers (FETs) was conducted to analyze patients who underwent IVF-FET from January 2018 to December 2020. Patients were divided into 8 groups according to the rate of embryonic development and morphological scores to compare pregnancy outcomes. We further compared clinical pregnancy outcomes and neonatal outcomes between BC embryos on day 5 (D5) and BA/BB embryos on day 6 (D6). Results Our study found no difference in clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and live birth rate (LBR) between AA/AB blastocysts in D5 or D6 frozen blastocysts. However, for BA/BB/BC blastocysts, embryonic pregnancy outcome was significantly better in D5 than in D6. In our further analysis and comparison of BC embryos in D5 and BA/BB embryos in D6, we found no difference in clinical pregnancy outcomes and neonatal outcomes, but D6 BA/BB embryos had a higher rate of miscarriage. After adjusting for confounding factors, none of the indicators differed between groups. Conclusion Our study provides suggestions for embryo selection: AA/AB embryos are preferred, regardless of the embryo development day, and the second choice is BA or BB embryos on D5. BA/BB embryos in D6 had a higher miscarriage rate than BC embryos in D5 but were not statistically significant after adjusting for confounding factors.
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spelling doaj.art-49a9259c481f40a1b2771f6dd80b43b72023-02-12T12:25:32ZengBMCBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1471-23932023-02-012311910.1186/s12884-023-05415-wComparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycleYaping Jiang0Rui Jiang1Hui He2Xinling Ren3Qiong Yu4Lei Jin5Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyLaboratory of Clinical Immunology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyAbstract Background Both embryo development speed and embryo morphology score played a significant role in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle (FET) outcomes. Most of the literature indicates that D5 embryos performed better than D6 embryos, although a few also indicate that there is no difference in clinical outcomes between D5 and D6 embryos. Clinically, D5 embryos are preferred for equal morphological scores. But how to choose embryos when the morphological score of D6 embryos is better than D5? Methods A retrospective study including 8199 frozen-thawed embryo transfers (FETs) was conducted to analyze patients who underwent IVF-FET from January 2018 to December 2020. Patients were divided into 8 groups according to the rate of embryonic development and morphological scores to compare pregnancy outcomes. We further compared clinical pregnancy outcomes and neonatal outcomes between BC embryos on day 5 (D5) and BA/BB embryos on day 6 (D6). Results Our study found no difference in clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and live birth rate (LBR) between AA/AB blastocysts in D5 or D6 frozen blastocysts. However, for BA/BB/BC blastocysts, embryonic pregnancy outcome was significantly better in D5 than in D6. In our further analysis and comparison of BC embryos in D5 and BA/BB embryos in D6, we found no difference in clinical pregnancy outcomes and neonatal outcomes, but D6 BA/BB embryos had a higher rate of miscarriage. After adjusting for confounding factors, none of the indicators differed between groups. Conclusion Our study provides suggestions for embryo selection: AA/AB embryos are preferred, regardless of the embryo development day, and the second choice is BA or BB embryos on D5. BA/BB embryos in D6 had a higher miscarriage rate than BC embryos in D5 but were not statistically significant after adjusting for confounding factors.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05415-wEmbryo selectionEmbryo development speedEmbryo morphology scoreFrozen embryo transferPregnancy outcomes
spellingShingle Yaping Jiang
Rui Jiang
Hui He
Xinling Ren
Qiong Yu
Lei Jin
Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Embryo selection
Embryo development speed
Embryo morphology score
Frozen embryo transfer
Pregnancy outcomes
title Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle
title_full Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle
title_fullStr Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle
title_short Comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of D5 and D6 blastocysts in the frozen-thawed cycle
title_sort comparison of clinical outcomes for different morphological scores of d5 and d6 blastocysts in the frozen thawed cycle
topic Embryo selection
Embryo development speed
Embryo morphology score
Frozen embryo transfer
Pregnancy outcomes
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05415-w
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