Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinical-assisted reproduction: a committee opinion
Practice Committees of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, Samantha Pfeifer, Marc Fritz, Jeffrey Goldberg, R Dale McClure, Roger Lobo, Michael Thomas, Margareta Pisarska, Eric Widra, Glenn Schattman, Mark Licht, Jay Sandlow, John Collins, Marcelle Cedars, Mitchell Rosen, Catherine Racowsky, Michael Vernon, Owen Davis, Randall Odem, Kurt Barnhart, Clarisa Gracia, Kim Thornton, William Catherino, Daniel Dumesic, Robert Rebar, Andrew La Barbera, Practice Committees of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, Samantha Pfeifer, Marc Fritz, Jeffrey Goldberg, R Dale McClure, Roger Lobo, Michael Thomas, Margareta Pisarska, Eric Widra, Glenn Schattman, Mark Licht, Jay Sandlow, John Collins, Marcelle Cedars, Mitchell Rosen, Catherine Racowsky, Michael Vernon, Owen Davis, Randall Odem, Kurt Barnhart, Clarisa Gracia, Kim Thornton, William Catherino, Daniel Dumesic, Robert Rebar, Andrew La Barbera
Abstract
The purposes of this Practice Committee Opinion, which replaces the 2008 ASRM Practice Committee Opinion of the same name (Fertil Steril 2008;90:S174-7), are first, to review the literature regarding the clinical application of blastocyst transfer and second to identify the potential risks and laboratory issues related to use of this technology. This document does not apply to patients undergoing blastocyst culture and transfer for preimplantation genetic testing/screening.
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