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Significantly superior response in the right ovary compared with the left ovary after stimulation with follicle-stimulating hormone in a pituitary down-regulation regimen.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Niaosung Hsiang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Fertility and sterility (impact factor: 3.97). 02/2009; 93(7):2269-73. DOI:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.123 pp.2269-73
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ABSTRACT To compare the differences between the right and left ovarian responses in patients undergoing standard in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.
Prospective, observational study.
A university hospital in Taiwan.
Seven hundred eighty-nine consecutive patients undergoing IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
None.
The number of oocytes retrieved, fertilization rates, number of grade 1 zygotes and number of embryos produced, embryo arrest-free rate, and mean number of top-quality embryos on the day of transfer.
The number of follicles > or = 16 mm in diameter on day 2.5 versus 2.2 of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration, the number of follicles > or = 10 mm in diameter on hCG day 6.5 versus 6.1, the number of oocytes (3.6 vs. 3.0), the percentage fertilization (79.9 vs. 74.6%), and the mean number of mature oocytes and grade 1 zygotes (2.3 vs. 1.8 and 1.79 vs. 0.93, respectively), and the mean available number of top-quality embryos on transfer day 1.39 versus 0.73 were all statistically significantly greater in the right compared with the left ovary; however, the pregnancy and implantation rates were similar.
There are statistically significant differences between the right and left ovarian responses in IVF patients with healthy ovaries, and the right ovarian responses are superior to the left ovarian responses.

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Keywords

embryo arrest-free rate
 
fertilization rates
 
follicles
 
grade 1 zygotes
 
healthy ovaries
 
human chorionic gonadotropin
 
implantation rates
 
IVF patients
 
left ovarian responses
 
left ovary
 
mature oocytes
 
mean available number
 
mean number
 
observational study
 
oocytes
 
ovarian responses
 
patients undergoing standard
 
top-quality embryos
 
university hospital
 
vitro fertilization