General patient information
In 16 years of clinical practice, between Jan 1st, 2005 and December
31st, 2021, more than 20,000 cycles of minimal stimulation IVF were
done. Of which, a total of 14,139 of minimal stimulation IVF cycles that
met the study design was eligible for inclusion. Of which, many cycles
were the same patient undergoing a second or third IVF cycle or patients
who turned to minimal stimulation after failed conventional stimulation
cycles. These cycles were excluded for the purpose of statistical
analysis. 6,108 cycles with the patients’ first time undergoing
conventional IVF and minimal stimulation IVF were included in this
study. Indeed, these women ovarian reserve were significantly poor,
significantly worse than average IVF population.