Abstract

ESTELA-PAZ, María Esther; SAAVEDRA-SAAVEDRA, Jaime  and  MOYANO, Martha Norah. Comparing early cleavage and pronuclear state as reference parameters for inducing pregnancy in embryo implantation patients in Cali, Colombia. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2009, vol.60, n.3, pp.230-236. ISSN 0034-7434.

Introduction: some authors have proposed that non-invasive embryo implantation methods (based on early cleavage or pronuclear stage for two cells 25 and 27 hours post-insemination) are applicable to in vitro fertilisation programmes, thereby increasing the probability of implantation and pregnancy. Objective: comparing pregnancy rates in patients implanted with embryos originating from early cleavage to those from the pronuclear stage. Methodology: a retrospective cohort study was carried out. Embryo implantation patients were included who had been attending the FECUNDAR -Biomedicine Centre in Cali, Colombia, from April 2004 to December 2007 who presented a poor responsetothecontrolledovarianstimulationcycle, age factor and/or ovarian failure and pregnancy substitute patients. The sample consisted of 45 patients; 36 patients (79%) were expected to become pregnant in the early-syngamy and cleavage group (group 1) and 9 patients (21%) in the pronuclear group (group 2). Implantation and pregnancy rates were determined and the Chi-square (X²) test was used for comparing both groups. Results: 183 of the 289 zygotes complied with the proposed parameters (i.e. embryos from early cleavage, syngamy and pronuclear stage 25 and 27 hours post-insemination); 79% of these 183 came from the early cleavage and syngamy stage and 21% from the pronuclear stage. Three embryos on average were transferred to embryo implantation patient; average age was 38, the pregnancy rate obtained when transferring early cleavage embryos was 44% compared to 41% for non-cleaved embryo transfer 25 hours post-insemination. No statistically significant differences were found regarding how pregnancy was induced. Conclusion: equal success rates were obtained for both procedures in the given study conditions.

Keywords : fertilisation; cleavage; embryo implantation; syngamy; pronuclear; insemination.

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