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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 5, 1259-1261, May 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Embryo transfer: ultrasound-guided versus clinical touch

A.K.S. Kan, H.I. Abdalla1, A.H. Gafar, L. Nappi, B.O. Ogunyemi, A. Thomas and O.O. Ola-ojo

Fertility and Endocrinology Centre, In-Vitro Fertilization Unit, Lister Hospital, London SW1W 8RH, UK

In this prospective control study, the pregnancy and implantation rates were compared between ultrasound-guided and clinical touch uterine embryo transfers. In addition, a subset of patients was sought that would particularly benefit from embryo transfer under ultrasound guidance. A total of 187 patients (93 ultrasound and 94 clinical touch) was enrolled. Allocation was random and depended on whether their embryo transfers were done during the 1 h each day in which the ultrasound was available. Pregnancy and implantation rates of 37.8 and 20.4% respectively were achieved when ultrasound was used, compared with 28.9 and 16.2% respectively with clinical touch. This difference was not statistically significant. There was no significant difference in the pregnancy rate when the number of embryos transferred was controlled. Older women (>=37 years old) had an apparently higher pregnancy rate (38.1 versus 20.4%; not significant) with ultrasound guidance during embryo transfer. In the subgroup where the clinician rated the transfer procedure as difficult, there appeared to be a substantial improvement in the pregnancy rate in the group that used ultrasound (54.5 versus 10.0%; not significant). Although our results were not statistically significant, we believe that ultrasound-guided embryo transfers should be used in clinically difficult embryo transfers and in older women, as it appears to improve the pregnancy rate over clinical touch transfers.

Key words: clinical/embryo transfer/IVF/prospective study/ultrasound-guided

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