Event Schedule Hall: Complementary Techniques

Both sperm and oocytes can be frozen and stored for prolonged periods (even many years). Once thawed, these gametes are used for ART procedures aimed at conception and pregnancy. These procedures can be used if treatments (for example oncology) that are potentially harmful to the reproductive function need to be carried out and, if you...

Through a biopsy it is possible to obtain some cells from the embryos (blastocysts) which can be analyzed to evaluate their genetic characteristics. PGT-A (PGT for aneuploidies) is the most commonly used procedure and allows you to verify the presence of the correct number of chromosomes in the embryo. Any alterations (aneuploidy) are associated with...

In case of azoospermia (absence of sperm in the ejaculate), with a particular surgical procedure, it is possible to search for and extract sperm directly from the testicle. These spermatozoa can then be used for a Level II MAP. However, it is not always possible to find testicular sperm; the quality of these gametes, as...