Table 2. Comparison result in the embryo quality ICSI, PICSI and MACS group.
Parameters ICSI group (55) PICSI group (47) MACS group (33) P
No. Of MII oocytes injected 7.09 [5.99 - 8.19, 0.55] 8.32 [7.25 - 9.38, 0.53] 7.68 [6.29 - 9.07, 0.68] N.S
No. 2 PN embryos 5.53 [4.59 - 6.46, 0.47] 5.87 [4.87 - 6.87, 0.49] 6.32 [5.01 - 7.64, 0.65] N.S
Fertilization rate (%) 78.97 [74.37 - 83.57,2.29] 70.15 [63.98 - 76.33, 3.07] 80.28 [73.74 - 86.81, 3.21] *
No. Of 3-day embryos 5.04 [4.09 - 5.98, 0.47] 5.17 [4.24 - 6.10, 0.46] 5.59 [4.31 - 6.87, 0.63] N.S
No. Embryos transferred 2.18 [1.99 - 2.38, 0.09] 2.26 [2.11 - 2.39, 0.07] 1.94 [1.65 - 2.22, 0.14] N.S
No. Freezing embryos 0.78 [0.25 - 1.31, 0.26] 0.70 [0.27 - 1.14, 0.22] 1 [0.37 - 1.6, 0.31] N.S
Clinical Pregnancy rate (%) 27.3 (15/55) 40.4 (19/47) 58.1 (18/31) *
Biochemical pregnancy (%) 10.9 (6/55) 8.5 (4/47) 3.2 (1 /31) N.S
Pregnancy loss rate (%) 13.3 (2/15) 5.3 (1/19) 5.5 (1/18) N.S
Note: unless otherwise indicated, values are means [95% CI:SD]
N.S. = not significant
* = Significant difference (P-value <0.05)
2 PN = 2 pro nucleus