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Table 2 Main results of selected studies including transfer of fresh rescue ICSI embryos

From: Should rescue ICSI be re-evaluated considering the deferred transfer of cryopreserved embryos in in-vitro fertilization cycles? A systematic review and meta-analysis

First Author, year [ID]

2PN(%)

n° patients

Patients without viable embryos

n° ET

n° of obtained embryos

n° of fresh embryos transferred

developmental stage

n° clinical pregnancies

n° ongoing pregnancies or deliveries

n° embryos impanted

n° malformations/newborns

Lundin K, 1996 [19]

46.9

48

18

29

 

57

cleavage

2

2

2

0/2

Morton PC, 1997 [20]

44.0

54

5

48

164

140

cleavage

8

8

15

0/15

Bussen, 1997 [21]

50.0

1

0

1

 

2

cleavage

1

1

1

0

Yuzpe AA, 2000 [22]

60.2

32

3

27

 

89

cleavage

5

3

6

0/4

Park KS, 2000 [23]

47.1

17

 

1

4

4

 

0

0

0

 

Kuczyński W, 2002 [24]

30.4

120

 

100

 

166

cleavage

0

0

0

 

Chian RC, 2003 [25]

100

1

0

1

4

3

cleavage

1

1

2

0

Chen C, 2003 [12]

91.7

20

0

20

73

58

cleavage

1

1

1

0/1

Pehlivan T, 2004 [27]

36.4

1

1

0

4 (a)

0

 

0

0

0

 

Amarin ZO, 2005 [28]

50.9

78

14

64

208

174

cleavage

4

3

4

0/3

DeUgarte CM, 2006 [29]

42.9

1

0

1

3

1

blastocyst

1

1

1

0

Esfandiari N, 2008 [30]

87.5

1

0

1

6

6

cleavage

1

1

3

 

Sermondade N, 2010 [15]

60.9

17

 

15

55

35

cleavage

1

1

1

 

Shalom-paz E, 2011 [31]

56.2

92

0

92

 

278

cleavage

15

10

17

0/12 (b)

Xiong S, 2011 [32]

87.7

3

1

2

 

3

cleavage

0

0

0

 

Zhu L, 2011 [33]

52.0

16

4

12

21

20

cleavage

0

0

0

 

Ming L, 2012 [14]

45.0

534

62

469

1416

1000

cleavage

40

31

45

0/16 (c)

Singh N, 2013 [34]

75

1

0

1

3

3

cleavage

1

1

1

0

Moon JH, 2015 [35]

63.2

2

0

2

7

2

blastocyst

2

1

2

0

  1. Empty cells = missing values; 2PN = 2 pronuclei; ET = Embryo Transfer
  2. a) no suitable embryos after genetic screening for aneuploidies; b) + 1 termination for Down syndrome; c) + 1 termination for eye defect