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. 2022 May 19;2022(5):CD002118. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002118.pub6

Elgindy 2011.

Study characteristics
Methods
  • Study type: randomised controlled trial in parallel groups

  • Country: Egypt

Participants
  • Number of participants randomised: 200

  • Age: BS 28.47 and CS 27.7

  • Number of previous treatments: not stated

  • Infertility duration: BS 6.22 and CS 6.84 years

  • Prognosis: not stated

  • Inclusion criteria: participants under 35 years of age, with regular cycles, serum day‐3 FSH concentration < 9.5 IU/L and antral follicle count > 6. At least four good‐quality embryos on day 3

  • Exclusion criteria: not described

Interventions
  • BS group: N = 100

  • CS group (day 2): N = 100

  • Description of the cycles:

    • Long protocol (down‐regulation with GnRH agonist and stimulation with rFSH and HCG)

    • Embryos were cultured in sequential media (Sage; Cooper Surgical, USA)

Outcomes Live birth rate per fresh embryo transfer
Clinical pregnancy rate
Miscarriage rate
Failure rate to transfer embryos
Notes