Efficacy of Tuohy Needle in Oocytes Collection from Excised Mare Ovaries

Table 3

Maturation rates.

Collection technique	Ex oocytes no.	Maturation rate (no.) %
unpeeled and scraping	172	$(108)\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}62.80\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}2.15^{\text{a}}$
peeled and scraping	170	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}(99)\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}58.24\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}1.36^{\text{b}}$
unpeeled 16-g needle	24	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}(11)\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}45.83\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}3.61^{\text{c}}$
peleed 16-g needle	16	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}(7)\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}43.75\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}1.55^{\text{d}}$
unpeeled Tuohy needle	41	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}(24)\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}58.54\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}2.31^{\text{be}}$
peeled Tuohy needle	289	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}(45)\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}50.17\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\pm \mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}2.52^{\text{f}}$

Values with different superscripts within the same column differ ($P<.001$).