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. 2015 Sep 27;61(6):571–579. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2015-089

Table 5. In vitro embryo development after IVF of oocytes vitrified in different combinations of penetrating CPA.

Treatment groups Cultured* Cleaved embryos (% cultured) Blastocysts (day 6)
Total cells in blastocysts
(% cultured) (% cleaved)
Control 295 191 72 46.6 ± 2.3
(64.7 ± 2.4)a (24.4 ± 3.0)a (37.4 ± 3.2)a
Vitrified-EG + PG 234 73 10 48.1 ± 5.3
(30.5 ± 6.5)b (4.1 ± 2.3)b (11.7 ± 4.2)b
Vitrified-EG + DMSO 138 62 9 31.2 ± 6.3$
(44.5 ± 7.9)b (6.3 ± 2.0)b (13.2 ± 2.1)b
Vitrified-EG + PG + DMSO 252 88 12 45.2 ± 5.8
(34.5 ± 4.1)b (4.8 ± 0.7)b (14.6 ± 2.7)b

Four replications were performed. Data are presented as mean ± SEM values. * After vitrification, IVM and IVF, only surviving oocytes were subjected to subsequent culture. a, b, c Percentages with different letters in the same column differ significantly (P < 0.05). $ Tendentious difference compared with the other groups (P = 0.06–0.08).