Assisted hatching (AHA) is a procedure which consists of performing a small hole in the zona pellucida (ZP) (membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of the embryo). Its aim is to enable the inner cell mass (ICM) of the embryo to break through the ZP.
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By Laura Garrido B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Marta Barranquero Gómez B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Miguel Angel Checa Vizcaino M.D., Ph.D. (gynecologist), Patricia Recuerda Tomás B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Rut Gómez de Segura M.D. (gynecologist), Zaira Salvador B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist) and Romina Packan (invitra staff).
Last Update: 12/04/2018