TABLE 1. Summary of results after zona drilling (ZD), partial zona dissection (PZD), sub-zonal sperm insertion (SUZI) and intracytoplasmatic sperm injection (ICSI).
Technique |
Patients |
Cycles |
Transfers (%) |
Pregnancies (%) |
Miscarriages (%) |
SUZI |
430 |
520 |
352 (67.7) |
49 (9.4) |
13 (26.5) |
PZD |
359 |
391 |
171 (43.7) |
14 (3.6) |
2 |
MIXED |
136 |
153 |
118 (77.1) |
11 (7.2) |
2 |
ICSI |
54 |
60 |
59 (98.3) |
8 (13.3) |
3 |
ZD |
26 |
26 |
4 (15.4) |
1 |
1 |
TOTAL |
1005 |
1150 |
704 (61.2) |
83 (7.2) |
21 (25.3) |
Source: Focus on Reproduction, Newsletter of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.