Techniques for preparation prior to embryo transfer

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Derks, Roos S ^a   Farquhar, Cindy ^b   Mol, Ben Willem J ^c   Buckingham, Karen ^d   Heineman, Maas Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH RATE; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; BLADDER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PREPARATION; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 70349126767     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007682     Document Type: Review

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