Day 3 vs Day 2 embryo transfer following IVF or ICSI: Complications during pregnancy per woman per couple ‐ ectopic pregnancy4
Day 3 showed no clear difference in ectopic pregnancy rate per woman compared with day 2 embryo transfer following IVF or ICSI (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Day 3 vs Day 2 embryo transfer following IVF or ICSI Ectopic pregnancy rate per woman · Women undergoing in vitro fertilisation or intracytoplasmic sperm injection Day 3 showed no clear difference in ectopic pregnancy rate per woman compared with day 2 embryo transfer following IVF or ICSI (low certainty). Day three versus day two embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.99 [0.29, 3.4] | 6 studies · 1531 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day three versus day two embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.