Retrospective analysis of the clinical outcomes of repeated IVF/ICSI cycles / 中华男科学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study whether the rates of pregnancy and implantation decline in repeated IVF/ICSI cycles and whether the decline is associated with the availability of embryo cryopreservation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We retrospectively analyzed the pregnancy and implantation rates of 1,033 IVF/ICSI cycles accomplished in our center to determine the association of the clinical outcomes with the availability of embryo cryopreservation.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The rates of pregnancy and implantation declined slightly in the cycles with embryo cryopreservation (43% vs 43%, P > 0.05; 29% vs 24% , P > 0.05), but significantly in the repeated IVF/ICSI cycles without embryo cryopreservation (43% vs 35%, 43% vs 22% , P < 0.05; 29% vs 23% , 29% vs 16% , P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The rates of pregnancy and implantation remain similar in the following cycles for those with embryo cryopreservation in the first IVF/ICSI cycles, but decline significantly in the repeated IVF/ICSI cycles for those without.</p>