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Air bubble location inside the uterus after transfer: is the embryo really there?
Sérgio Reis Soares1, Catarina Godinho, Sofia Nunes
1Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidade (IVI-Lisboa), Lisbon, Portugal. sreis@ivi.es
Objective:
To demonstrate that the location of the air bubble after embryo transfer (ET) does not necessarily indicate the final embryo location.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
Private clinic.
Patient(S):
A couple with primary infertility for whom a diagnosis of bicornuate uterus with a very open angle between horns was confirmed.
Intervention(S):
Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy were performed before an IVF cycle in which a single embryo was replaced.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Air bubble image immediately after ET and gestational sac location 3 weeks later.
Result(S):
Immediately after a single ET, the air bubble was seen in the left uterine horn. Three weeks later, a gestational sac was seen in the right uterine horn.
Conclusion(S):
The location of the air bubble immediately after ET does not necessarily indicate the final embryo location.
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