title: A new cervical introducer for embryo transfer with soft open-end catheters.
abstract: Fine open-end ET catheters offer several benefits and are now commonly used in IVF-ET procedures. However, they are not always easy to thread into the uterine cavity. We describe a metallic cervical cannula that allows the use of the popular Tomcat catheter in the majority of patients in whom we were unable to achieve a successful ET with the Tomcat alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: el Danasouri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milki
mesh_terms: D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans