Variable

Before therapy

After therapy

p-value

No. Oocyte retrieved^a

7.33 ± 4

6.52 ± 3.87

0.23 (NS)

Fertilization rate (%)^b

53.5 ± 33.2

74.6 ± 20.7

0.002

Cleavage rate (%)^b

79.8 ± 39.1

98.8 ± 5.4

0.004

Good embryo quality rate (%)^b

48.7 ± 36.6

71.2 ± 28.2

0.002

No. embryo transfers

39

48

Total No. of embryos transferred

98

110

No. transferred embryos/cycle^a

2.0 ± 1.1

2.0 ± 0.6

NS

Biochemical pregnancy rate/ET (%)^c

10.2 (4/39)

25 (12/48)

NS

Clinical pregnancy rate/ET (%)^d

2.5 (1/39)

18.7 (9/48)

<0.05

No. singleton

1

2

No. twins

0

2

No. triplets

0

1

Implantation rate (%)^c

1.02 (1/98)

11.8 (13/110)

<0.01