Beware of the 'implantation rate'! Why the outcome parameter 'implantation rate' should be abandoned from infertility research

Affiliations

¹ Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany georg.griesinger@uni-luebeck.de.

G Griesinger. Hum Reprod. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;31(2):249-51.

doi: 10.1093/humrep/dev322. Epub 2016 Jan 2.

¹ Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany georg.griesinger@uni-luebeck.de.

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Comment in

Why abandoning sustained implantation rate may be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Forman EJ, Franasiak JM, Patounakis G, Scott RT. Forman EJ, et al. Hum Reprod. 2016 Aug;31(8):1926-7. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew138. Epub 2016 Jun 14. Hum Reprod. 2016. PMID: 27301363 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Reply: Skating on thin ice when using the outcome implantation rate for evaluating the utility of embryo selection techniques such as PGS.
Griesinger G. Griesinger G. Hum Reprod. 2016 Aug;31(8):1927-8. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew139. Epub 2016 Jun 14. Hum Reprod. 2016. PMID: 27301364 No abstract available.