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. 2015 May 12;10(5):e0126801. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126801

Table 2. Fertilization and embryo development of vitrified-warmed germinal vesicle stage (GV) oocytes after in vitro fertilization.

Experimental Groups GV Oocytes Oocytes Embryos Blastocysts Cell number (Mean±SEM)
oocytes survived fertilized cleaved Total Trophectoderm Inner cell mass
n n, (%) n, (%) n, (%) n, (%) (n)
Control-Fresh 191 191 158 118 55 122.0±6.9 91.1±5.5 30.9±2.4
(100) a (84.4±2.1) a (65.0±3.4) a (27.9±2.4) a (n = 16)
Control-Vitrification 214 199 118 56 13 106.8±10.8 81.0±8.9 25.8±2.5
(90.9±2.0) b (55.9±4.8) b (27.0±3.7) b (6.2±2.2) b (n = 6)
FSK-Fresh 177 177 139 103 53 122.5±5.5 92.5±4.7 30.1±1.6
(100) a (78.2±2.6) a (59.9±2.8) a (29.9±6.9) a (n = 20)
FSK-Vitrification 216 200 128 86 39 118.8±7.9 88.7±6.1 30.1±2.3
(92.3±0.9) b (60.4±5.4) b (40.3±4.7) c (18.6±5.9) a,b (n = 16)
IBMX-Fresh 176 176 133 105 55 118.6±6.3 89.0±4.6 29.5±2.1
(100) a (75.0±2.2) a (59.7±1.7) a (30.2±6.3) a (n = 22)
IBMX-Vitrification 216 197 121 79 36 120.2±7.7 90.2±6.4 30.0±2.0
(90.6±1.2) b (56.2±3.6) b (36.5±4.9) b,c (17.9±6.5) a,b (n = 18)
FSK/IBMX-Fresh 50 50 17 14 9 123.9±10.6 92.3±7.5 31.6±3.3
(100) a (35.8±9.2) c (30.0±1.0) b,c (18.3±1.7) a,b (n = 9)
FSK/IBMX-Vitrification 50 45 11 9 7 111.6±10.5 84.0±8.6 27.6±3.0
(90.0±0.2) b (23.3±6.7) c (19.2±5.8) d (14.2±0.8) b (n = 7)

Values with different superscripts (a, b, c, d) within each column are significantly different from each other (P < 0.05).