Cumulative pregnancy rate has been significantly increased since frozen-thawed embryo transfer was applied in ART cycles. This method has become an essential part of IVF/ICSI treatment. Luteal phase support has been proven to be associated with higher rate of live birth rate. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), and progestrone have been successfully used for luteal phase support in ovarian stim...

  Effect of Cervical Mucus Aspiration with Insulin Syringe on Pregnancy Rate in ART Cycles     A. Aflatoonian MD1*, M. Asgharnia MD 2, N.Tabibnejad GP3     1- Associated Professor, Dept. of Gynecology, University of Medical Sciences and Research and Clinical Center of Infertility, Yazd, Iran   2- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Gynecology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran   3- G...

background: embryo transfer has received little clinical attention and has been the most inefficient step in in-vitro fertilization (ivf). recent reports have suggested that an awareness of the position and length of the uterus during embryo transfer might be helpful in improving pregnancy rate. objectives: the main objective of the present study was to determine the relation between the length...

background: the purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of progesterone/ estradiol (p4/e2) ratio as a predictive tool for clinical pregnancy in art cycles with a premature progesterone rise of >1.5 ng/ml on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) trigger. methods: retrospective analysis was done on 569 fresh embryo transfer cycles from january 2011 to december 2012 at the infertilit...

the main factors affecting pregnancy and implantation rates are uterine receptivity, embryo quality, and transfer efficiency. embryo transfer (et) is the last step of critically important procedure of in vitro fertilization (ivf) and probably the least successful step in assisted reproductive technology (art) treatment cascade; though simple in most of the cases, it may pose to be the most diff...

Background: One of the main problems in ART is low pregnancy rates. The factors involved in successful pregnancy include; 1. mother related factors such as the status of endometrial receptivity and hormonal status of the mother. 2. embryo related factors such as; number of transferred embryo, embryo scores including: number and size of the blastomeres, and their fragmentation. The aim of the pr...

background: frozen- thawed embryo transfer is an essential part of art treatment and outcomes of this procedure are associated with several clinical factors. several studies have showed an increase level of ivf outcomes in women with sufficient vitamin d. objective: whether treatment of vitamin d insufficiency can improve pregnancy rates in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. materials and me...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the 2004 Italian regulations (insemination of <or=3 oocytes/cycle, transfer of all embryos, prohibition of embryo cryopreservation) on outcomes of assisted reproduction treatment (ART). DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING The Center of Reproductive Medicine, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy. PATIENT(S) Women undergoing ART for the firs...