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Table 5 Overall side effects for each treatment in pregnancy test and U/S visita

From: Intramuscular progesterone (Gestone) versus vaginal progesterone suppository (Cyclogest) for luteal phase support in cycles of in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: patient preference and drug efficacy

  Vaginal n = 227 IM n = 182 P value
Any side effect n (%) 76 (33.5%) 53 (29%) 0.3
Perineal irritation n (%) 7 (3%) 3 (1.6%) 0.3
Rectal itching n (%) 12 (5%) 1 (0.5%) 0.006
Vaginal bleeding n (%) 10 (4.4%) 4 (2.2%) 0.2
Rectal leak n (%) 22 (9.7%) 0 0.00016
Vaginal leak n (%) 35 (15.4%) 2 (1.1%) <0.0001
Constipation n (%) 22 (9.7%) 4 (2.2%) 0.002
Discomfort after administration n (%) 3 (1.3%) 33 (18%) <0.0001
Abdominal pain n (%) 3 (1.3%) 1 (0.5%) 0.4
Diarrhea n (%) 1 (0.4%) 0 0.4
Bloating n (%) 1 (0.4%) 0 0.4
Hematoma formation n (%) 0 3 (1.65%) 0.05
  1. aChi-square test was used