“…However, as mentioned previously, the two studies differ in their methodology of freezing and thawing, which may account for such differences. A1-Hasani et al (8) reported a survival rate of 78 and 76.5% for zygotes derived from conventional IVF and ICSI, respectively. A higher survival rate for freezing of pronuclear-stage zygotes, 94.8 and 93.2% for IVFand ICSI-derived zygotes, was recently reported by Hoover et al (9).…”