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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published online on October 11, 2007
Human Reproduction, doi:10.1093/humrep/dem320
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Letter to the Editor

Ultrasound guided embryo transfer does not offer any benefit in clinical outcome: a randomized controlled study

Baris Ata1 and Bulent Urman

Assisted Reproduction Unit, American Hospital of Istanbul, Guzelbahce Sokak No. 20, Nisantasi, Istanbul 34365, Turkey

1 Correspondence address. Tel: +90-532-744-74-16; Fax: +90-224-232-24-75; E-mail: barisata@hotmail.com

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Sir,

We read the article by Kosmas et al. (2007)Go with great interest. Several trials and one meta-analysis reported higher pregnancy rates with ultrasound guided embryo transfer (USET) compared with non-ultrasound guided embryo transfers (NUSET) (Buckett, 2003Go). These authors conducted a large single center randomized controlled trial and concluded that transabdominal ultrasound guidance during embryo transfer did not improve clinical pregnancy and implantation rates provided that the transfer was performed by an experienced operator. We concur that large randomized trials can yield contradictory . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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