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Cumulative pregnancy rate and cumulative live birth rate after one complete assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle were the primary outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results showed that the cumulative pregnancy rate was higher in the surgery group, and statistically significant difference was observed in the cumulative pregnancy rate between the two groups (71.0 vs. 59%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.044). In fresh ET cycle, no statistically significant difference between the two groups was evident (54.9 vs. 40.6%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.061). Statistical analysis of other results of the fresh ET cycle did not differ significantly between the two groups. In terms of frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycle outcomes, the clinical pregnancy rate and delivery rate in surgery group were 52.7 and 38.2%, respectively, which were significantly higher than those in the control group (38.2 and 22.5%, respectively) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.028 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.011).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The reproductive outcomes of IVF\/ICSI after septum resection in patients with secondary infertility were better than that in the untreated group, suggesting that uterine septum resection can be performed in patients with uterine septum combined with infertility to improve their reproductive outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2022.765827","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,3]],"date-time":"2022-02-03T05:01:12Z","timestamp":1643864472000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Effects of Septum Resection for Secondary Infertility on Subsequent Reproductive Outcomes of in vitro Fertilization\u2013Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Huixiao","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ping","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Na","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shangge","family":"Lv","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yongzhi","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"66","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bpobgyn.2019.02.006","article-title":"Surgical management of congenital uterine anomalies (including indications and surgical techniques)","volume":"59","author":"Theodoridis","year":"2019","journal-title":"Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e16623","DOI":"10.1097\/MD.0000000000016623","article-title":"Fertility and pregnancy outcomes following hysteroscopic metroplasty of different sized uterine septa: a retrospective cohort study protocol","volume":"98","author":"Wang","year":"2019","journal-title":"Medicine."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e1","DOI":"10.1111\/1471-0528.15968","article-title":"Reproductive implications and management of congenital uterine anomalies: scientific impact Paper No","volume":"127","author":"Akhtar","year":"2020","journal-title":"BJOG."},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"199","DOI":"10.1007\/s10397-013-0800-x","article-title":"The ESHRE-ESGE consensus on the classification of female genital tract congenital anomalies","volume":"10","author":"Grimbizis","year":"2013","journal-title":"Gynecol Surg."},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"Cd009461","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD009461.pub3","article-title":"Hysteroscopy for treating subfertility associated with suspected major uterine cavity abnormalities","author":"Bosteels","year":"2015","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev."},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"530","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2016.05.014","article-title":"Electronic address Aao, Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. 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