Randomized controlled study comparing the TVUS versus TAUS guidance during the procedure of embryo transfer.
The aim of this study was to Compare between transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasound guided embryo transfer as regarding clinical pregnancy rate, patient comfort, time required for embryo transfer and endometrial visualization at time of embryo transfer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
178
Use of TVUS to guide ET
Use of TAUS to guide ET
Menoufia University
Shibīn al Kawm, Monofiya, Egypt
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Clinical pregnancy
A clinical pregnancy is a pregnancy that is confirmed by ultrasonic visualization of gestational sac or heartbeat.
Time frame: 3 weeks after Embryo transfer
Time required for ET
Time in seconds required for ET
Time frame: Time from when the catheter is handed to the transferring physician to the time it is returned to the transferring embryologist.
Degree of cramping and pain
Degree of cramping and pain from 0 to 10 by visual analogue scale (VAS) where 0 is no pain and 10 unbearable pain.
Time frame: During and immediately after ET
Endometrial visualization at time of embryo transfer
Endometrial visualization at time of embryo transfer by ultrasound
Time frame: During ET
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