Embryo transfer techniques

Publication date: Available online 11 January 2019Source: Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & GynaecologyAuthor(s): Sotirios H. Saravelos, Tin-Chiu LiAbstractEmbryo transfer is the final and rate limiting step of the ART process. Few advances have occurred in the last few decades with regards to this procedure. Studies so far have focused on factors and interventions taking place prior to, during and after this procedure. These factors are highly varied and range from methods to improve the psychological state of the patients, to methods aimed at reducing uterine contractility and methods aimed at optimising the precise transfer of the embryo. The key question is which factors and interventions have so far been proven to increase pregnancy rates and live birth rates. This paper aims to review the evidence relating to embryo transfer techniques in a systematic manner with a view to providing practical recommendations to practitioners involved in the procedure.
Source: Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
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