Table 2.

Cycle characteristics of the women in the three groups undergoing IVF/ICSI.

Characteristics	Surgery Group (EMS surgery 62)	Aspiration Group (EMS cyst 85)	Short protocol (EMS 97)	P1 Values	P2 Values	P3 Values	P Values
hMG dose (IU)	1886.1 ± 438.5#	1888.2 ± 466.3*	1562.4 ± 531.1*#	<0.001	<0.001	0.979	<0.001
hMG duration, days	9.0 ± 1.6#	8.9 ± 1.7*	10.9 ± 2.1*#	0.001	0.003	0.607	0.001
hMG dose per follicle, IU	259.4 ± 91.3#	280.6 ± 98.9*	200.6 ± 179.6*#	0.006	<0.001	0.326	<0.001
No. of >10-mm follicles on the trigger day	9.2 ± 5.4	9.7 ± 5.4	10.9 ± 6.0	0.393	0.750	0.585	0.693
No. of >14-mm follicles on the trigger day	6.7 ± 4.6	7.0 ± 4.7	10.0 ± 6.3	0.313	0.515	0.693	0.585
No. of oocytes retrieved, n	7.5 ± 5.2	8.1 ± 4.7	9.5 ± 5.0	0.075	0.243	0.493	0.187
No. of D3 top-quality embryos, n	2.7 ± 2.4	2.9 ± 2.5	2.8 ± 2.5	0.788	0.798	0.620	0.884
No. of viable embryos, n	2.9 ± 2.0	3.0 ± 2.4	3.4 ± 2.5	0.157	0.281	0.685	0.323
Interval from trigger to oocyte retrieval, hours	36 ± 0.64#	36.03 ± 0.58*	35.30 ± 1.63#*	0.041	0.01	0.569	0.032
Oocyte retrieval rate, %	67.33% (1251/1858)	69.25% (734/1060)	66.86% (904/1352)	0.781	0.214	0.286	0.427
Mature oocyte rate, %	87.53%(1095/1251)#	85.83% (630/734)*	81.86%(740/904)#*	<0.001	0.031	0.279	0.001
Fertilization rate, %	72.66% (909/1251)	69.75% (512/734)	71.46% (646/904)	0.539	0.451	0.166	0.885
Cleavage rate, %	97.48% (886/909)	97.27% (498/512)	95.80% (627/646)	0.622	0.834	0.817	0.085
Viable embryo rate per oocyte retrieved, %	38.05% (476/1251)	37.47% (275/734)	37.83% (342/904)	0.918	0.879	0.796	0.967
High quality embryo rate per oocyte retrieved, %	36.53% (457/1251)#	36.24% (266/734)*	31.64% (286/904)#*	0.018	0.05	0.897	0.043
Cancellation rate, %	14.29% (10/70)	14.29% (13/91)	11.88% (12/101)	0.650	0.671	0.990	0.856

EMS = endometriosis, MPA = medroxyprogesterone acetate, HMG = human menopausal gonadotropin.

^#P1: surgery group vs. short protocol group.

^*P2: aspiration group vs. short protocol group.

^$P3: surgery group vs. aspiration group.