All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Objective: The aim of the study was to find out whether different ovarian stimulation protocols (long, antagonist without oral contraceptive pretreatment and antagonist with oral contraceptive pretreatment) have an effect on the pregnancy rate in an IVF- ICSI cycle. Design: Prospective non -randomized. Materials and Methods: Thirty patients were prospectively recruited into the study. Fifteen patients were stimulated by the long protocol, ten with the antagonist protocol without oral contraceptive pill (ocp) pretreatment and five with antagonist wth ocp treatment. All cases were matched according to age and number of eggs collected.