title: Simplification of the clinical phase of IVF and ICSI treatment in programmed cycles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the success of a protocol for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation allowing patient self-selection into groups for ovulation stimulation planned 8 weeks and more in advance following cycle synchronization, drug self-administration as well as a reduced number of folliculometries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 714 patients received the same stimulation protocol. In 260 cases GnRH-a was applied daily and in 454 as depot. In all patients FSH-HP was self-administered subcutaneously for ovarian stimulation. In 316 patients IVF and in 398 patients ICSI was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The delivery rate per started cycle was higher in patients receiving depot GnRH-a in the IVF and ICSI group (30.2 vs. 23.4) than in those receiving subcutaneous GnRH-a (20.2 vs. 22.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Programming of the IVF/ICSI cycle greatly simplifies treatment. A comparison of pregnancy rate and delivery rate per cycle between depot and subcutaneous daily application of GnRh-a did not confirm any statistically significant difference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Maribor Teaching Hospital, Maribor, Slovenia. vlai@sb-mb.sl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vlaisavljević
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kovacic
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gavrić-Lovrec
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reljic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000819:agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone