J. Selva et al., CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF UNCLEAVED HUMAN O OCYTES AFTER SPERMATOZOA MICROINJECTION, Contraception fertilite sexualite, 23(7-8), 1995, pp. 474-476
After standard in vitro fertilization (IVF) chromosome analysis of unc
leaved oocytes has shown that in about 80 % of the cases, there was no
fertilization at all while in 10 % of the cases there was a premature
chromosome condensation and a development arrest. After micro-injecti
on our results suggest that both the technique itself and the patholog
ies which require micro-injection can influence the results, On the ot
her hand about 20-30 % of the metaphase II oocytes are cytogenetically
abnormal after IVF attempt while ICSI might increase chromosome break
age. Our results suggest that both the technique used and the gamete p
athologies can influence the different steps of development arrest.