Abstract:
:Cervical mucus may cover the embryo transfer catheter during passage of the cervical canal, interfering with the correct placement of the embryo(s) into the uterine cavity. The effect of removal of cervical mucus prior to embryo transfer in IVF/ intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) on live birth rate was studied. The study was set up as a single blind randomized controlled trial. Couples undergoing IVF/ICSI were randomly allocated to either removal of cervical mucus prior to embryo transfer, or a mock procedure. Randomization was done with stratification for age, cycle number and method of treatment. Primary outcome was live birth rate. A total of 317 couples were included and underwent 428 cycles, of which the outcome of 3 cycles was unknown. Baseline characteristics of both groups were comparable. Live birth occurred in 52 of 220 (24%) cycles in the treatment group and 42 of 205 (21%) cycles in the control group (risk difference 3%, 95% confidence interval-5- 11%). It is unlikely that removal of cervical mucus prior to embryo transfer has a significant effect on live birth rate. A small effect, however, cannot be excluded.
journal_name
Reprod Biomed Onlinejournal_title
Reproductive biomedicine onlineauthors
Visschers BA,Bots RS,Peeters MF,Mol BW,van Dessel HJdoi
10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60344-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-09-01 00:00:00pages
310-5issue
3eissn
1472-6483issn
1472-6491pii
S1472-6483(10)60344-6journal_volume
15pub_type
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
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doi:10.1016/S1472-6483(11)60009-6
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)62138-4
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.03.003
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
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更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.07.007
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61035-8
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.08.016
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.01.009
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.02.001
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61443-5
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.11.016
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.09.016
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.11.018
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.03.002
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.04.002
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61751-8
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(12)60121-7
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2019.10.016
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60372-0
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00