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.
Read the full article on: What Does Assisted Hatching (AHA) Mean in IVF? ( 35).
By Laura Garrido BSc, MSc (embryologist), Patricia Recuerda Tomás BSc, MSc (embryologist) and Sandra Fernández BA, MA (fertility counselor).
Last Update: 12/04/2018
