IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 49 / Issue 9 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4909196
Open Access Original Research
Association of the Number of Embryos Transferred with Ectopic Pregnancy after Embryo Transfer in Patients with Salpingectomy or Proximal Tubal Occlusion
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1 State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, the Center for Clinical Reproductive Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
2 The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hangzhou Women's Hospital, 310008 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
*Correspondence: david37212@hotmail.com (Daowu Wang); jyliu_nj@126.com (Jiayin Liu)
These authors contributed equally.
Academic Editor: Giovanni Buzzaccarini
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2022, 49(9), 196; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4909196
Submitted: 10 April 2022 | Revised: 2 May 2022 | Accepted: 16 May 2022 | Published: 26 August 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: With the prevalence of assisted reproductive technology (ART), the incidence of ectopic pregnancy (EP) is increasing, especially in patients with salpingectomy or proximal tubal occlusion. Methods: A total of 11,609 women who were undergoing ART and had undergone salpingectomy or proximal tubal occlusion, and 5388 women who achieved a clinical pregnancy were included in the study. Statistical analysis was used to determine whether the number of embryos transferred was associated with EP. Results: Both the number of embryos transferred and the day of embryo transfer differed significantly between those with and without EP (p < 0.05), while the number of embryos transferred was associated with interstitial pregnancy (IP) (p < 0.05) in those undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer (ET) cycles. Following multivariate modeling, the odds of having an EP in women undergoing frozen-thawed ET cycles increased with the number of embryos transferred (odds ratio [OR] 2.003, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.036–3.876). Conclusions: The embryo transfer number was considered a risk factor for EP in patients undergoing frozen-thawed ET who had undergone salpingectomy or proximal tubal occlusion.

Keywords
interstitial pregnancy
ectopic pregnancy
IVF-ET
numbers of embryos transferred
days of embryo transfer
Funding
81730041/National Nature and Science Foundation of China
2016YFC1000207/The National Key R&D Program of China
2017YFC1001604/The National Key R&D Program of China
2017DN26/The collaborated research program of Southeast University and Nanjing Medical University
FRC201793[EKRC]/Women and children youth talent project of Jiangsu Province
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