Abdominal ultrasound-guided embryo transfer improves clinical pregnancy rates after in-vitro fertilizstion: experiances from 330 cases of clinical investigations
Document Type
Journal Article
Keywords
Implantation rate, pregnancy rate, in vitro fertilization, ultrasound-guided embryo transfer
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).
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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