Firm versus soft embryo transfer catheters under ultrasound guidance: does catheter choice really influence the pregnancy rates?

نویسندگان

  • Ismail Aboulfotouh
  • Ahmed M Abou-Setta
  • Sherif Khattab
  • Iman Abdel Mohsen
  • Ahmed Askalani
  • Rasha E el-Din
چکیده

In contrast to the previously published evidence, under ultrasound guidance, individual catheter choice does not statistically significantly affect the clinical pregnancy rate in a modern clinical IVF practice. This may be as a result of decreasing the incidence of difficult transfers and endometrial injury with ET under ultrasound guidance.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Fertility and sterility

دوره 89 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008