Indications for Assisted Hatching
- Elevated maternal age
- Elevated follicle stimulating hormone [FSH] level
- Evidence of a thickened zone pellucida of the embryos in IVF
- Unexplained implantation failure after two or more embryo transfers.
Assisted hatching has demonstrated the potential for improving embryo implantation rates and clinical pregnancy rates in selected patient groups undergoing IVF.
Why Assisted Hatchin
- Advanced maternal age
- Elevated basal FSH
- Thick Zona pellucida.
- Frozen thowed embryo.
- Excessive fragmentation >20%
- Advantages of hatching process