ICSI

IMSI

pICSI

p

Patients

652

86

12

 

Mean age years ± sd (range)

34.6 ± 5.5
(27- 37)

33.8 ± 3.5
(30-37)

33.8 ± 1.9
(31-37)

0.40

Number of oocyte retrievals

652

86

12

 

Number of mature oocytes retrieved
(mean ± sd/patient)

7008
(12.4 ±3.0)

1118
(13.2 ± 4.0)

161
(13.4 ± 2.0)

0.05

Proportion of sperm selected for ICSI

7008/7008
(100%)

1118/1434
(77.9%)

161/453
(35.5%)

 

Number of oocytes fertilised
(mean ± sd/patient %)

5677
(81.0 ± 6.7%)

917
(81.0 ± 11.2%)

113
(71.2 ± 6.0%)

 

Number of grade A embryos
(% of total)

4088
(72.0%)

624
(68.0%)

77
(68.1%)

 

Number of transfers

652

86

12

 

Number of embryos transferred
(mean ± sd/transfer)

1941
(2.8 ± 1.0)

258
(3.0 ± 1.0)

36
(3.0 ± 0.0)

0.18

Number of grade I embryos transferred

1941

258

36

 

Number of clinical pregnancies
(% pregnancies/transfer)

194 (29.8%)

28 (32.5%)

3 (25.0%)

 

Number of foetal heart beats
(Implantation rate %)

255 (13.1%)

42 (16.3%)

4
(11.1%)

 

Pregnancies to term

186 (95.9%)

25 (89.3%)

3 (100%)

 

Live births

221 (86.6%)

31 (73.8%)

3 (75.0%)

 

Notes: Data is presented as mean ± sd with range where necessary. p<0.05 is considered significant.
Table 1: ICSI, IMSI and pICSI cycles for idiopathic infertility.