Table 5.

Characteristics of abandoned and possibly abandoned embryo cycles from 2010 to 2014

Patients with abandoned embryo cycles, n	20
Patients with frozen embryo but no contact for more than 5 years, n	129
Mean female age, years ± SD (range)	32.9 ± 3.8 (22–43)
Primary/secondary infertility, n/n	84/65
Infertility duration, years ± SD	4.1 ± 1.3
Patients with first time IVF, n (%)	108(72.5%)
Pregnancy rate per transfer cycle (%)	66.9%
Patients abandoning embryos with documentation, n	20
Chose to discard	18
Chose donation for research	2
Divorce or death, n	0
1 to 5 embryos	118
6 to 10 embryos	27
> 11 embryos	4

n number