1. Efficiency of changing the embryo transfer time from day 3 to day 2 among women with poor ovarian response: a prospective randomized trial.
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Bahceci M, Ulug U, Ciray HN, Akman MA, and Erden HF
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Treatment Failure, Treatment Outcome, Turkey epidemiology, Embryo Transfer statistics & numerical data, Infertility, Female epidemiology, Infertility, Female therapy, Ovulation Induction statistics & numerical data, Pregnancy Rate
- Abstract
Objective: To compare the outcome of day 2 and day 3 embryo transfers in women demonstrating poor ovarian response., Design: Prospective randomized clinical trial., Setting: Private assisted reproductive technology center., Patient(s): Two hundred eighty-one women demonstrating poor ovarian response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation., Intervention(s): Women who were poor responders were randomly allocated to day 2 or day 3 embryo transfer following oocyte retrieval., Main Outcome Measure(s): Implantation rates and pregnancy rates per oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer., Result(s): The clinical pregnancy rates per oocyte retrieval (37.2% vs. 21.4%, respectively; P<.05) and per embryo transfer (38.9% vs. 24.1%, respectively; P<.05) were significantly higher in the day 2 embryo transfer group compared with day 3. On the other hand, implantation rates were not different between groups (23.9% vs. 17.2%, respectively; P=.08)., Conclusion(s): Our results demonstrated that transfering embryos on day 2 could provide an alternative to the management of poor responder patients.
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- 2006
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