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. 2012 Jul 11;2012(7):CD008950. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008950.pub2

Iacobelli 2008.

Methods Prospective, randomised controlled trial
Participants 792 participants undergoing ICSI treatment. Inclusion criterion was a maternal age below 40 years and exclusion criterion was the complete absence of mature oocytes. Number of cycles per patient and previous treatments are unclear.
Interventions Oocytes and embryos were cultured in 6% CO2 and 21% O2 or in 6% CO2, 5% O2 and 89% N2.
Timing of embryo transfer unclear.
Outcomes Embryo development and quality, fertilisation rate, implantation rate, clinical pregnancies.
Outcomes were reported as percentages.
Notes Location: Italy
Setting: European Hospital
Group sizes unclear
Study published as conference abstract
Funding unclear
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of randomisation has not been described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Length of follow up unclear, loss to follow up unclear and ITT analysis unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes mentioned on the method section are reported in the result section
Other bias Unclear risk Embryo transfer policy unclear