Cumulative live birth rates of patients in the Peruvian Andes according to the POSEIDON criteria: a single-center retrospective analysis.

OBJECTIVE

To identify low prognosis in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients treated at Centro de Fertilidad y Ginecología del Sur (CFGS) based on the POSEIDON criteria.

METHODS

This retrospective study included 412 IVF patients and assessed them based on the POSEIDON criteria to describe the cumulative live birth rates seen in each group.

RESULTS

13.1% of patients met the POSEIDON criteria, and the proportion of cases in POSEIDON groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 were 20.4%, 31.5%, 14.8%, and 33.3%, respectively. The cumulative live birth rate for the individuals meeting the POSEIDON criteria was 25.9%, while for patients in POSEIDON groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 the rates were 45.5%, 29.4%, 25.0%, and 11%, respectively. The differences were not statistically significant due to the small number of cases.

CONCLUSIONS

Patients belonging to the four POSEIDON groups were described at CFGS. Age and number of retrieved mature oocytes were determining parameters in the prognosis of pregnancy in IVF/ICSI patients.