Tatsuo Nakahara,
Akira Iwase,
Maki Goto,
Toko Harata,
Miyabi Suzuki,
Miki Ienaga, Harumi Kobayashi,
Sachiko Takikawa,
Shuichi Manabe,
Fumitaka Kikkawa,
Hisao Ando
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ABSTRACT: To assess the effects of light from an integrated optical microscope and evaluate the safety of time-lapse observations using a built-in microscope incubator.
We prospectively compared the fertilization rate and embryonic morphology after intracytoplasmic sperm injection between embryos cultured with time-lapse observations every 15 min in an incubator with an integrated optical microscope and embryos with intermittent observations (once a day) in conventional incubators.
No significant differences were observed in the fertilization rate (57.5% vs. 57.5%) or the rate of excellent-good cleavage embryos (36.0% vs. 36.0%).
These results suggest that time-lapse observations using an incubator with an integrated optical microscope may therefore be safely utilized in clinical practice.
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 02/2010; 27(2-3):93-6. · 1.84 Impact Factor
