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The correlation between all the obtained demographic characteristics, controlled ovarian stimulation parameters, and cycle results were analysed. Clinical pregnancy was established in 53 patients that underwent transfer in the poor-quality embryo group (14.9%). Of these patients, 36 had live birth (live birth rate per clinical pregnancy 67.9%). In cleavage-stage embryos, live birth rates per clinical pregnancy were higher in poor-quality blastocyst transfer. When analysing the factors affecting live births in the poor-quality embryo group, as the total gonadotropin dose increases, the probability of live birth decreases, as in the probability of hCG positivity. In conclusion, although the probability of pregnancy is low, when clinical pregnancy is established, there is a high chance of having a live birth after poor-quality embryo transfers. 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