Optimal Timing for Oocyte Denudation and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

<table>Schematic representation of the two timings <svg height="15.7" id="M15" style="vertical-align:-3.276pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 17.775 15.7" width="17.775" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> and <svg height="15.7" id="M16" style="vertical-align:-3.276pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 17.775 15.7" width="17.775" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,11.55)"><use xlink:href="#x1D447"></use></g>
<g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,11.388,15.637)"><path d="M412 140l28 -9q0 -2 -35 -131h-373v23q112 112 161 170q59 70 92 127t33 115q0 63 -31 98t-86 35q-75 0 -137 -93l-22 20l57 81q55 59 135 59q69 0 118.5 -46.5t49.5 -122.5q0 -62 -29.5 -114t-102.5 -130l-141 -149h186q42 0 58.5 10.5t38.5 56.5z" id="x32"></path></g>
</svg>.  <svg height="15.7" id="M17" style="vertical-align:-3.276pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 17.775 15.7" width="17.775" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,11.55)"><use xlink:href="#x1D447"></use></g>
<g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,11.388,15.637)"><use xlink:href="#x31"></use></g>
</svg>: Time elapsed between oocyte retrieval and denudation. <svg height="15.7" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-3.276pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 17.775 15.7" width="17.775" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,11.55)"><use xlink:href="#x1D447"></use></g>
<g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,11.388,15.637)"><use xlink:href="#x32"></use></g>
</svg>: Time elapsed between oocyte denudation and ICSI.</table>

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Figure 1: Optimal Timing for Oocyte Denudation and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection 