[HTML][HTML] Lack of correlation between oocyte-corona-cumulus complex morphology and nuclear maturity of oocytes collected in stimulated cycles for intracytoplasmic …

M Rattanachaiyanont, A Leader, MC Léveillé - Fertility and sterility, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of morphology grading of the oocyte-corona-cumulus
complex (OCCC) as a marker of oocyte nuclear maturity, fertilizability, embryo cleavage, and
likelihood of pregnancy. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Academic fertility center.
Patient (s): Eighty-three infertile couples undergoing IVF-ET/intracytoplasmic sperm injection
treatment. Intervention (s): All patients underwent a long stimulation protocol of GnRH
agonist therapy followed by hMG administration and transvaginal oocyte recovery. Main …