According to data presented recently at the 5th International Scientific Symposium organized by Embryolab Academy: “The cryopreservation method nowadays can significantly increase the rate of a successful pregnancy in an IVF cycle. This method allows us to proceed to an embryo transfer only when the conditions in the endometrium are ideal for implantation, and simultaneously to make the most of the invaluable oocytes resulting from this cycle.”

IVF, since the beginning of its implementation back in 1978, was the most important scientific discovery regarding infertility treatment. The developments noted since then, have boosted the method’s efficiency at very high levels. An important role towards this direction was portrayed with the development of a new innovative method on embryo cryopreservation, called vitrification (vitrification). The vitrification method permits safe embryo preservation, while achieving survival rates that exceed 98% after thawing!

The high efficiency of the innovative cryopreservation method, enabled experts to adopt new, more effective practices in performing IVF treatments. One such emerging and important practice, increasingly advancing worldwide lately, is the scheduled cryopreservation and embryo transfer on the next cycle.

In some cases, during an IVF cycle, the endometrium may not have the ideal conditions for implantation. Factors, which may affect the normal endometrial function, could even be the actual medical treatment administered during an IVF, the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) as well as abnormalities, usually detected during treatment, such as endometrial polyp, very thin endometrial lining etc.Today, thanks to the vitrification method, it is possible to cryopreserve all embryos for as long as it is needed, right until optimal conditions in the endometrium are ensured, in order to proceed to the embryo transfer of the precious embryos. The scheduled embryo cryopreservation, as well as their transfer on a next cycle, is a new state of the art approach, which allows us to transfer the embryos only when endometrial conditions are optimal, thus maximizing the possibilities of a healthy pregnancy.

The preservation of surplus embryos obtained from an IVF cycle, is a well known and widely recognized method for many years. However, thanks to the vitrification method, the efficiency of preserving healthy embryos is maximized!Almost 100% of the embryos survive post thawing and are still as likely to lead to a pregnancy as fresh embryos are. This new advanced technique enables couples to proceed in completing their family planning, without having to repeat therapeutic procedures and empowers them to implement the plan: “one stimulation treatment – one family!”

The experience to date has shown that the results of implanting cryopreserved embryos using the vitrification method are equally successful with the ones involving fresh embryo transfers. And in some cases results are even better, due to the ideal endometrial conditions achieved! Cryopreserving surplus embryos, as well as being able to schedule embryo cryopreservation and embryo transfer on a next cycle, are powerful tools in order to achieve an individualized treatment for each couple.