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Patients who received intracytoplasmic sperm injections (ICSI) at our reproductive center from 2016 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. SERC (+) oocytes (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 217) and SERC (\u2013) oocytes (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 822), as well as SERC (+) cycles (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 146) and SERC (\u2013) cycles (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1,951) were compared. There was no significant difference in embryological, clinical, and neonatal outcomes between the SERC (+) and SERC (\u2013) cycles. The fertilization rate (73.9%), good quality blastocyst rate (26.7%) and the speed of blastocyst development (44.4%) were significantly lower (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05) in SERC (+) oocytes than in unaffected counterparts (86.2%, 44.1% and 63.4%, respectively). Furthermore, the proportion of blastocysts with trophectoderm (TE) grade C was significantly higher in the SERC (+) oocyte group than in the SERC (\u2013) oocyte group (73.3 vs. 55.9%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). After adjusting for age, years of infertility, endometriosis, stimulation protocols (GnRHa), and male infertility, multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the presence of SERCs in the oocytes significantly affected the speed of blastocyst development (odds ratio, 2.812; 95% CI, 1.257\u20136.292; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.012). 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