Does it really matter how far from the fundus embryos are transferred?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-66

  Kovacs, Peter ^a   Sajgo, Attila ^a   Rarosi, Ferenc ^b   Kaali, Steven G ^a  

^a Kaali Institute IVF Center   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air bubble; Blastocyst transfer; Embryo transfer depth; Implantation rate; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO TRANSFER DEPTH; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; UTERINE FUNDUS;

EID: 84859894912     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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