Effect of double embryo transfer derived from autologous frozen oocytes on multiple pregnancy rates and presentation of success rates stratified by age at retrieval
Open Access
- 1 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Galenos Yayinevi in Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association
- Vol. 22 (3), 168-173
- https://doi.org/10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2021.2020.0207
Abstract
Objective: To compare outcomes transferring one or two embryos in autologous frozen oocyte cycles. Material and Methods: A retrospective cohort study conducted at an academic fertility center between January 2012 and December 2018. One-hundred and fourteen patients underwent frozen oocyte transfers; 67 single embryo transfer (SET) and 47 double embryo transfer (DET). No subjects had more than two embryos transferred. Data were analyzed using t-test and chi-squared testing. Multivariate logistic regression was used to control for confounding effects. Power analysis suggested an 82% power with alpha of 5% and effect size of 27%. Results: Regarding the embryo stage, 72% were cleavage embryos and 28% were blastocyst embryos. Among those who had cleavage stage embryos, 48.8% underwent SET and 51.2% underwent DET. In the blastocyst embryos group these proportions were 84.4% and 15.6%, respectively. There were no difference in pregnancy rate for SET (40.3%) vs DET (36.2%) (p=0.78). Additionally, the live birth rate did not differ between SET and DET (28.4 vs 19.1%, respectively, p=0.26). The multivariate multilevel analysis provided adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of: 1.85 (0.46-7.44) for pregnancy; 0.497 (0.05-4.86) for clinical pregnancy; and 0.82 (0.11-6.29) for live birth when comparing SET and DET. Multiple pregnancy rates were significantly lower in the SET (0%), compared with DET group (44.4%) (p<0.002). Conclusion: SET results in excellent live birth outcomes in autologous frozen oocyte cycles. However DET results in significantly increased rates of multiple pregnancies. This suggests that SET is a viable option in autologous frozen oocyte cycles.Keywords
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