CASE DISCUSSION

Assisted Hatching with IVF

Presented from India by Dr. Shital Punjabi

Likes

2611

Views

104

Bookmarks

Case Description

Assisted hatching is a technique commonly employed in in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures to enhance the chances of embryo implantation. During this process, a small opening is created in the outer shell (zona pellucida) of the embryo before it is transferred to the uterus. This opening is...

Case Summary

Assisted hatching is a technique used in IVF to address implantation failure by mechanically, chemically, or with a laser altering the zona pellucida. The zona pellucida plays several crucial roles, including protecting the egg, facilitating sperm binding, and preventing ectopic pregnancy. Natural hatching involves enzymatic thinning and uterine contractions, but in vitro fertilization can harden the zona pellucida.

Speaker Profile

Dr. Shital Punjabi

Alumni- Cleveland College of Medicine

Consultant Gynecologist, IVF & Women’s Hospital, Ahmedabad

Disclosures

Assimilate requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity have been reviewed and mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.