Successful pregnancies with the use of laminaria tents before embryo transfer for refractory cervical stenosis

Fertility and Sterility
I Z GlatsteinP M McShane

Abstract

To determine whether laminaria tents are a safe and effective method of cervical dilatation in patients with a history of cervical stenosis and difficult ET. Case reports describing two patients. Tertiary care, assisted reproduction practice. Two patients with cervical stenosis and a history of multiple failed cycles of IVF. Laminaria tents were placed intracervically before ET. Presence of a gestational sac and fetal heartbeat on ultrasound. Successful clinical pregnancies occurred in both patients after laminaria placement and ET. Laminaria tent cervical dilatation appears to be a safe and effective option to assist ET in patients with a history of cervical stenosis.

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