ESHRE journal club

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Previous editions

22 - 27-28 May 2022

Sperm selection with hyaluronic acid improved live birth outcomes among older couples and was connected to sperm DNA quality, potentially affecting all treatment outcomes
Robert West et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deac058

21 - 29-30 April 2022

Trophectoderm differentiation to invasive syncytiotrophoblast is promoted by endometrial epithelial cells during human embryo implantation
Peter T. Ruane et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deac008

20 - 25-26 March 2022

Delayed diagnosis of endometriosis disadvantages women in ART: a retrospective population linked data study
K.M. Moss et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab216

19 - 25-26 February 2022

Predictive models of pregnancy based on data from a preconception cohort study
Jennifer J Yland et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab280

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: on the road to preconception and personalized counselling with machine learning models

18 - 28-29 January 2022

Optimisation of the timing of fertilisation assessment for oocytes cultured in standard incubation: lessons learnt from time-lapse imaging of 78 348 embryos
A Barrie et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab209

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: seeing is believing! How time lapse imaging can improve IVF practice and take it to the future clinic

17 - 17-18 December 2021

Non-invasive, label-free optical analysis to detect aneuploidy within the inner cell mass of the preimplantation embryo
Tiffany C Y Tan et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab233

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: non-invasive aneuploidy testing as an example of interdisciplinary innovation in ART

16 - 27-27 November 2021

Assessing couples’ preferences for fresh or frozen embryo transfer: a discrete choice experiment
B. Abdulrahim et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab207

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: Discrete choice experiments and patient decision-making in ART

15 - 29-30 October 2021

What is the threshold of mature oocytes to obtain at least one healthy transferable cleavage-stage embryo after preimplantation genetic testing for fragile X syndrome?
C. Sonigo et al.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab214

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: Catch 22—is PGT a number game? Efficacy of PGT and the importance of counselling

14 - 24-25 September 2021

How common is add-on use and how do patients decide whether to use them? A national survey of IVF patients
S. Lensen et al
Human Reproduction
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab098

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: trick or treatment—evidence based use of add-ons in ART and patient perspectives

Live JC (2021 Annual Meeting) - Thursday, July 1st, 10:00 - 11:30 CEST

Male age interferes with embryo growth in IVF treatment
Jolien Van Opstal et al
Human Reproduction
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaa256

Participants can (re-)visit here

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: #ESHREjc live edition report: ‘the forgotten Y’—advanced paternal age from a global health perspective

13 - 28-29 May 2021

Do we trust scientific evidence? A multicentre retrospective analysis of first IVF/ICSI cycles before and after the OPTIMIST trial
E Papaleo, A Revelli, M Costa, M Bertoli, S Zaffagnini, F Tomei, M Manno, A Rebecchi, R Villanacci, V S Vanni
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab047

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: ovarian stimulation practice after the OPTIMIST trial and evidence-based medicine

12 - 30 April - 1 May 2021

Live births following fertility preservation using in-vitro maturation of ovarian tissue oocytes
Ingrid Segers, Erlisa Bardhi, Ileana Mateizel, Ellen Van Moer, Rik Schots, Greta Verheyen, Herman Tournaye, Michel De Vos
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaa175

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: Is OTO-IVM the future fertility preservation alternative for urgent cancer patients?

11 - 26-27 March 2021

The effect of denudation and injection timing in the reproductive outcomes of ICSI cycles: new insights into the risk of in vitro oocyte ageing
M Carvalho, F Leal, S Mota, A Aguiar, S Sousa, J Nunes, C Calhaz-Jorge
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaa21

Expanding the time interval between ovulation triggering and oocyte injection: does it affect the embryological and clinical outcome?
L T M Vandenberghe, S Santos-Ribeiro, N De Munck, B Desmet, W Meul, A De Vos, H Van de Velde, A Racca, H Tournaye, G Verheyen
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaa338

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: Is a longer time interval between oocyte retrieval and ICSI a blessing in disguise?

10 - 26-27 February 2021

Semen impairment and occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in semen after recovery from COVID-19
M Gacci, M Coppi, E Baldi, A Sebastianelli, C Zaccaro, S Morselli, A Pecoraro, A Manera, R Nicoletti, A Liaci
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab026

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: Does SARS-CoV-2 affect male fertility?

9 - 29-30 January 2021

Exposure of human fallopian tube epithelium to elevated testosterone results in alteration of cilia gene expression and beating
Tia Jackson-Bey, José Colina, Brett C Isenberg, Jonathan Coppeta, Margrit Urbanek, J Julie Kim, Teresa K Woodruff, Joanna E Burdette, Angela Russo
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaa157

Read the #ESHREjc report in Human Reproduction: Are fallopian tubes the unsung hero of reproduction?

8 - 11-12 December 2020

ESHRE guideline on female fertility preservation
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoaa052

7 - 27-28 November 2020

Advanced paternal age is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous miscarriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nadia A du Fossé, Marie-Louise P van der Hoorn, Jan M M van Lith, Saskia le Cessie, Eileen E L O Lashley
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmaa010

6- 30 to 31 October 2020

Melatonin protects the mouse testis against heat-induced damage
Pengfei Zhang, Yi Zheng, Yinghua Lv, Fuyuan Li, Lihong Su, Yuwei Qin, Wenxian Zeng
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaaa002

5- 25 to 26 September 2020

Delay in IVF treatment up to 180 days does not affect pregnancy outcomes in women with diminished ovarian reserve
Phillip A Romanski, Pietro Bortoletto, Zev Rosenwaks, Glenn L Schattman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaa137

Live JC (2020 Annual Meeting) - 5 July 2020, 16:30-18:00 CET

First PGT-A using human in vivo blastocysts recovered by uterine lavage: comparison with matched IVF embryo controls.
Santiago Munné et al.
Human Reproduction,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dez242

4- 29 to 30 May 2020

Endometrial scratching prior to IVF; does it help and for whom? A systematic review and meta-analysis
N E van Hoogenhuijze, J C Kasius, F J M Broekmans, J Bosteels, H L Torrance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoy025

3– 24 to 25 April 2020

Chromosomal Mosaicism in Human Blastocysts: The Ultimate Diagnostic Dilemma
Mina Popovic, Lien Dhaenens, Annekatrien Boel, Björn Menten, Björn Heindryckx
Human Reproduction Update, https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmz050
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmz050

2- 27 to 29 March 2020

E Andreas et al, The effect of maternal high-fat/high-sugar diet on offspring oocytes and early embryo development, Molecular Human Reproduction, Volume 25, Issue 11, November 2019, Pages 717–728 https://doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaz049
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dez198

1 - 28 February to 1 March 2020

Amber L Kennedy et al, The incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy following sperm donation in IVF: an Australian state-wide retrospective cohort study
Human Reproduction, Volume 34, Issue 12, December 2019, Pages 2541–2548, https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dez198
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dez198