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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2017;39(11):614-621
The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of vitrification on the viability of follicles using a three-dimensional (3D) in vitro culture.
Bovine ovarian tissue samples (n = 5) obtained from slaughterhouses were utilized. The cortex was cut into small fragments of 2 x 3 x 0.5 mm using a tissue slicer. From these fragments, secondary follicles were first isolated by mechanical and enzymatic methods, then encapsulated in alginate gel and individually cultured for 20 days. Additional fragments of the same ovarian tissue were vitrified in a solution containing 25% glycerol and 25% ethylene glycol. After warming, the follicles underwent the same follicular isolation process that was performed for the fresh follicles.
A total of 61 follicles were isolated, 51 from fresh ovarian tissue, and 10 from vitrified tissue. After the culture, the vitrified and fresh follicles showed 20% and 43.1% survival rates respectively (p = 0.290),with no significant differences. At the end of the culture, therewere no significant differences in follicular diameter between the vitrified (422.93 ± 85.05 μm) and fresh (412.99 ± 102.55 μm) groups (p = 0.725). Fresh follicles showed higher mean rate of antrum formation when compared with vitrified follicles (47.1% and 20.0% respectively), but without significant difference (p = 0.167).
The follicles were able to develop, grow and form antrum in the 3D system after vitrification, despite the lower results obtained with the fresh tissue.
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2016;38(7):333-339
To assess the viability of bovine ovarian tissue after cryopreservation through either slow freezing or vitrification, and to compare it to that of control tissue by performing morphological analyses.
The study included 20 bovine ovarian cortex fragments that were divided into control, vitrification, and slow freezing groups. Each group consisted of four fragments of the same ovary, two fixed without cultivation, and two fixed with cultivation. Tissues were evaluated based on follicular morphology immediately after heating and after 7 days of culture, and compared with the control group.
A total of 240 fragments were analyzed, generating a sample of 1,344 follicles without cultivation and 552 with cultivation. When the non-cultivated samples were classified as non-atretic follicles, 572 were found in the control group, 289 in the vitrification group, and 373 in the slow freezing group, showing no significant differences. When classified as atretic, 46 follicles were found in the control group, 23 in the vitrification group, and 41 in the slow freezing group, also showing no statistical difference. In the post-culture sample, an evolution of the follicular stages could be observed. This finding was important to support that the follicles considered non-atretic in the non-cultivated group were actually viable in the morphological evaluation.
With no differences between the protocols, vitrification was shown to be an advanced and alternative method for patients who will undergo treatments that
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 1999;21(7):422-422
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72031999000700011
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2005;27(1):7-11
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032005000100003
PURPOSE: to compare pregnancy rates and mean endometrial thickness obtained with three protocols for induction of ovulation in cycles of intrauterine insemination (IUI). METHODS: one hundred and ten IUI cycles were retrospectively evaluated in the study, divided into three groups, according to the used ovulation induction protocols: 100 mg clomiphene citrate (CC) on days 3 to 7 of the cycle (CC group, n=24), 100 mg/day CC on days 3 to 7 of the cycle + 75 IU/day of human menopausal gonadotrophin (hMG) on days 3, 5 and 7 of the cycle (CC+hMG group, n=29), and 75 IU/day of hMG on days 3 to 8 of the cycle (hMG group, n=57). Statistical analysis was performed using Student's t test to compare the means and the c² test to compare the rates. Results were considered statistically significant at p<0.05. RESULTS: the patients' average age at the onset of the first cycle was 2340 years (mean age, 33.3 years). There were no statistically significant differences between groups. The mean endometrial thickness on the day of the human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) administration was significantly higher in the hMG group (10.2±0.2 mm), as compared with the CC and CC+hMG group (7.9±0.4 and 8.7±0.2 mm, respectively, p<0.001). The overall clinical pregnancy rate was 18.2%, and there were no statistically significant differences between the groups (CC group=12.5%; CC+hMG group=24.1% and hMG group=19.3%). CONCLUSION: the results indicate higher mean endometrial thickness in the hMG group as compared with the CC group and the CC+hMG group. There were no significant differences between clinical pregnancy rates obtained with each protocol (CC, CC+hMG and hMG).
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2001;23(6):404-405
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032001000600013