Firm versus soft embryo transfer catheters under ultrasound guidance: does catheter choice really influence the pregnancy rates?

Ismail Aboulfotouh; Ahmed M Abou-Setta; Sherif Khattab; Iman Abdel Mohsen; Ahmed Askalani; Rasha E El-Din

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.001

Firm versus soft embryo transfer catheters under ultrasound guidance: does catheter choice really influence the pregnancy rates?

Fertil Steril. 2008 May;89(5):1261-1262. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.001. Epub 2007 Jul 20.

Authors

Ismail Aboulfotouh¹, Ahmed M Abou-Setta², Sherif Khattab¹, Iman Abdel Mohsen¹, Ahmed Askalani³, Rasha E El-Din⁴

Affiliations

¹ The International Egyptian IVF Center, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
² Private clinic, Giza, Egypt. Electronic address: abousetta_md@hotmail.com.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ The International Egyptian IVF Center, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 17644096
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.001

Abstract

In contrast to the previously published evidence, under ultrasound guidance, individual catheter choice does not statistically significantly affect the clinical pregnancy rate in a modern clinical IVF practice. This may be as a result of decreasing the incidence of difficult transfers and endometrial injury with ET under ultrasound guidance.

MeSH terms

Adult
Catheterization*
Embryo Implantation
Embryo Transfer / instrumentation*
Embryo Transfer / methods*
Endometrium / diagnostic imaging
Female
Fertilization in Vitro / instrumentation
Fertilization in Vitro / methods
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Rate*
Retrospective Studies
Ultrasonography