DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL, PARACLINICAL FEATURES AND PREGNANCY RATE OF PATIENTS WHO RESPOND POORLY TO OVARIAN STIMULATION

Hoàng Quốc Huy1,, Lê Thị Hương Lan2, Nguyễn Thu Thủy1, Nguyễn Thị Anh1, Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến1, Nguyễn Thị Hồng1
1 Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2 Thai Nguyen Central General Hospital

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Objectives: To describe the clinical and paraclinical characteristics and comment on the number of oocytes and the pregnancy rate of patients who have a poor ovarian response to ovarian stimulation. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 60 cases of poor response to ovarian stimulation who were examined and treated at the National Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology - National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology from January 2021 to September 2021. Results and discussion: The poor response to ovarian stimulation was mainly in elderly patients with a mean age of 36,78 ± 4,95 years and a relatively long duration of infertility of 5,00 ± 2,87 years. The patients who responded poorly to ovarian stimulation exhibited a low mean AMH index of 1,04 ± 0,82 ng/ml and a low number of secondary follicles of 5,57 ± 1,48 follicles. The average number of oocytes retrieved was 5,10 ± 2,27. In which the number of MII oocytes accounted for the most with 4,23 ± 1,89. The proportion of patients who tested positive for hCG was 13,56%. The clinical pregnancy rate is 10,17%. The ongoing pregnancy rate was 8,47%. Stillbirth rate: the control group had 1 case of stillbirth, accounting for 1,67%. The biochemical pregnancy rate with 2 cases of biochemical pregnancy accounted for 3,39%.

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