Cannulation of a resistant internal os with the malleable outer sheath of a coaxial soft embryo transfer catheter does not affect in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1402-1406

  Silberstein, Tali ^a   Weitzen, Sherry ^b   Frankfurter, David ^c   Trimarchi, James R ^a   Keefe, David L ^a   Plosker, Shayne M ^a,d  

^a Women Infants' Hosp of Rhode Isl   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

IVF ET, trial embryo transfer, malleable outer sheath, blood, embryo transfer catheter, clinical pregnancy rate, implantation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GANIRELIX; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; NOVAREL; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944236909     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.044     Document Type: Article

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