The importance of the length of uterine cavity, the position of the tip of the inner catheter and the distance between the fundal endometrial surface and the air bubbles as determinants of the pregnancy rate in IVF cycles

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-50

  Cenksoy, Pinar Ozcan ^a   Ficicioglu, Cem ^a   Yesiladali, Mert ^a   Akcin, Oya Alagoz ^a   Kaspar, Cigdem ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Uterine length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR BUBBLE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDAL ENDOMETRIAL SURFACE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE CATHETER; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE FUNDUS; UTERINE LENGTH; UTERUS CAVITY;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; UTERINE LENGTH;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERUS;

EID: 84891762065     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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