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Table 2 Recovery rates in different categories

From: Follicular flushing increases the number of oocytes retrieved in poor ovarian responders undergoing in vitro fertilization: a retrospective cohort study

 

N (%)

Recovery rate, n (%)

Initial aspirate

P-value

Aspirate & all flushes

P-value

Ovarian stimulation protocol

  

0.078

 

0.038

 Minimal stimulation

257(88.3%)

340/562 (60.5%)

 

475/562 (84.5%)

 

 Natural cycle

34(11.7%)

18/39 (46.2%)

 

28/39 (71.8%)

 

Drug used for trigger

  

0.105

 

0.121

 u-HCG

79(27.1%)

89/164 (54.3%)

 

131/164 (79.9%)

 

 r-HCG

212(72.9%)

269/437 (61.6%)

 

372/437 (85.1%)

 

Physician performing the retrieval

  

0.528

 

0.556

 Physician A

133 (45.7%)

163/280 (58.2%)

 

237/280 (84.6%)

 

 Physician B

158 (54.3%)

195/321 (60.7%)

 

266/321 (82.9%)

 
  1. u-HCG urinary human chorionic gonadotrophin, r-HCG recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin