Abdominal ultrasound-guided embryo transfer improves clinical pregnancy rates after in-vitro fertilizstion: experiances from 330 cases of clinical investigations
Document Type
Journal Article
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science
RAS ID
2754
Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effect of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer on the rate of implantation and clinical pregnancy. Methods: A prospective randomized trial was performed to compare ultrasound-guided embryo transfer with the traditional method. A total of 330 patients were randomly divided into two groups on the day of embryo transfer. For the cases (n = 178), ultrasound-guided was used; controls (n = 152) was performed using routine methods. Results: The rate of implantation and clinical pregnancy for the cases (19.6 and 37.1%, respectively) was significantly higher than for the controls (12.6 and 25%, respectively; p < 0.05). Conclusion: Ultrasound-guided embryo transfer can significantly increase the rate of implantation and clinical pregnancy, and should be recommended as a routine procedure in the process of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET).
DOI
10.1007/s10815-005-0813-0
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free_to_read
Comments
Li, R., Lu, L., Hao, G., Zhong, K., Cai, Z., & Wang, W. (2005). Abdominal ultrasound-guided embryo transfer improves clinical pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilization: experiences from 330 clinical investigations. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 22(1), 3-8. Available here