THE COMBINATION OF COCULTURE AND SELECTIVE ASSISTED HATCHING - RESULTS FROM THEIR CLINICAL-APPLICATION

Objective: To establish pregnancies using a combination of coculture a nd selective assisted hatching. Design: Clinical application for a sel ected group of patients. Not a controlled study. Setting: Private infe rtility practice. Patients: Women with high basal FSH levels, ovulator y disorders, and multiple failed IVF attempts. Main Outcome Measures: Pregnancy and implantation rates. Results: Of the 95 patients who had coculture and selective assisted hatching, 45 (47.0%) have an ongoing pregnancy with a 23.0% implantation rate. Conclusion: The combination of coculture and assisted hatching produced acceptable pregnancy and i mplantation rates within the selected patient population.