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Table 2 Results for embryological data

From: Triple touch sperm immobilization vs. single touch sperm immobilization in ICSI - a randomised trial

Total number of oocytes

3532

Total number of mature

oocytes = total number of injected oocytes

3056

Outcome variable

STIm -group

TTIm-group

P-value

% Fertilization rate/mature oocytes injected (n)

67.1 (992/1478)

66.7 (984/1476)

0.81

% Fertilization rate/successfully injected oocytes (n)

74.8 (992/1326)

75.8 (984/1298)

0.56

Parameter

   

% 1pn/mature oocytes injected (n)

4.5 (67/1478)

3.5 (51/1476)

0.16

% 3pn/mature oocytes injected (n)

2.2 (32/1478)

2.6 (38/1476)

0.55

N GQE d2/total n embryos on d2

326/987

312/982

 

N GQE d3/total n embryos on d3

348/929

300/932

 

N GQE d5/total n blastocysts on d5

5/29

6/29

 

% of good quality embryos on d2 (n)

33.0 (326)

31.8 (312)

0.56

% of good quality embryos on d3 (n)

37.5 (348)

32.2 (300)

0.0172

% of good quality embryos on d5 (n)

17.2 (5)

20.7 (6)

>0.9999

% Utilisation rate (n)

51.7 (513)

47.2 (464)

0.24

  1. “Parameters evaluated in both groups (STIm versus TTIm). The number of good quality embryos on day 3 was significantly different between both groups; the other characteristics were equal in both groups.”