The Role of Transvaginal Ultrasound Guided Embryo Transfer to Improve Pregnancy Rate in Obese Patients Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) versus the transabdominal ultrasound (TAUS) guided embryo transfer (ET) in obese patients undergoing Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Design

A prospective randomized controlled trial.

Setting

University hospital.

Patients

Eight hundred participants with BMI ≥30 received the long agonist protocol. They were randomized into 2 equal groups of 400 patients. Each group had either TAUS guided ET or TVUS guided ET.

Main outcome measures

Our primary outcomes were clinical pregnancy rate, degree of patient pain assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS). The secondary outcomes were live birth rate, implantation rate, miscarriage and chemical pregnancy rates, duration of ET.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Mohamed Hassan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8464338 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature