In vitro maturation. 2018

Melanie L Walls, and Roger J Hart
Fertility North, Suite 213, Specialist Medical Centre, Joondalup Health Campus, Shenton Avenue, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia; Fertility Specialists of Western Australia, Bethesda Hospital, 25 Queenslea Drive, Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, 6010, Australia.

In vitro maturation (IVM) is an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique modified to collect immature oocytes from antral follicles, with the final stages of meiosis completed during in vitro culture. The primary benefit of IVM is that it reduces gonadotrophin stimulation in the patient, thereby eliminating the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in high-risk patients such as those with polycystic ovaries (PCO) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). IVM has additional benefits for fertility preservation, particularly in oncofertility patients. IVM research has progressed in recent years to significantly improve success rates and to provide evidence of safety in terms of neonatal and childhood outcomes. More recently, pre-maturation protocols and the discovery of new culture media additives have demonstrated potential to maximise maturation and oocyte developmental competence. In this chapter, we discuss current methodologies used in clinics routinely performing IVM, target patient populations and areas of future research that may improve IVM success.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007247 Infertility, Female Diminished or absent ability of a female to achieve conception. Sterility, Female,Sterility, Postpartum,Sub-Fertility, Female,Subfertility, Female,Female Infertility,Female Sterility,Female Sub-Fertility,Female Subfertility,Postpartum Sterility,Sub Fertility, Female
D010062 Ovulation Induction Techniques for the artifical induction of ovulation, the rupture of the follicle and release of the ovum. Ovarian Stimulation,Ovarian Stimulations,Stimulation, Ovarian,Stimulations, Ovarian
D011085 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome A complex disorder characterized by infertility, HIRSUTISM; OBESITY; and various menstrual disturbances such as OLIGOMENORRHEA; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION. Polycystic ovary syndrome is usually associated with bilateral enlarged ovaries studded with atretic follicles, not with cysts. The term, polycystic ovary, is misleading. Stein-Leventhal Syndrome,Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome,Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1,Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration,Sclerocystic Ovaries,Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome,Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic,Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic,Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic,Ovary, Sclerocystic,Sclerocystic Ovary,Stein Leventhal Syndrome,Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary,Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal
D005260 Female Females
D005307 Fertilization in Vitro An assisted reproductive technique that includes the direct handling and manipulation of oocytes and sperm to achieve fertilization in vitro. Test-Tube Fertilization,Fertilizations in Vitro,In Vitro Fertilization,Test-Tube Babies,Babies, Test-Tube,Baby, Test-Tube,Fertilization, Test-Tube,Fertilizations, Test-Tube,In Vitro Fertilizations,Test Tube Babies,Test Tube Fertilization,Test-Tube Baby,Test-Tube Fertilizations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016471 Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome A complication of OVULATION INDUCTION in infertility treatment. It is graded by the severity of symptoms which include OVARY enlargement, multiple OVARIAN FOLLICLES; OVARIAN CYSTS; ASCITES; and generalized EDEMA. The full-blown syndrome may lead to RENAL FAILURE, respiratory distress, and even DEATH. Increased capillary permeability is caused by the vasoactive substances, such as VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS, secreted by the overly-stimulated OVARIES. Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, Familial Gestational Spontaneous,Hyperstimulation Syndrome, Ovarian,Hyperstimulation Syndromes, Ovarian,Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndromes
D059247 Fertility Preservation A method of providing future reproductive opportunities. Typically CRYOPRESERVATION of reproductive organs or tissues (e.g., sperm, egg, embryos and ovarian or testicular tissues) are carried out before known risk of loss of fertility (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation or military deployment) begins for future use. Egg Freezing,Sperm Freezing,Fertility Preservations,Freezing, Egg,Freezing, Sperm,Preservation, Fertility
D059471 In Vitro Oocyte Maturation Techniques Methods used to induce premature oocytes, that are maintained in tissue culture, to progress through developmental stages including to a stage that is competent to undergo FERTILIZATION. In Vitro Oocyte Maturation,In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes,Oocyte In Vitro Maturation
D020554 Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic An assisted fertilization technique consisting of the microinjection of a single viable sperm into an extracted ovum. It is used principally to overcome low sperm count, low sperm motility, inability of sperm to penetrate the egg, or other conditions related to male infertility (INFERTILITY, MALE). ICSI,Injections, Sperm, Intracytoplasmic,Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injections,Injection, Intracytoplasmic Sperm,Injections, Intracytoplasmic Sperm,Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection,Sperm Injection, Intracytoplasmic

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