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Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of US guidance performed by well-trained versus untrained medical staff on the clinical pregnancy rate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a retrospective study that was conducted in a single university-affiliated IVF unit between February 2023 and April 2024. The study compared the clinical pregnancy rate between patients undergoing ET by an US operator versus an untrained operator.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 951 embryo transfers were analyzed: 442 performed by trained operators (46.5%) and 509 by untrained operators (53.5%). Demographic characteristics were comparable. Main diagnosis, day of transfer, and mean number of embryos transferred were similar between groups (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.2, 0.3, 0.4, respectively). The main outcome measure, clinical pregnancy crude rate, was similar (31.6% untrained vs. 31.4% trained,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.9). Factors identified as associated with achieving a clinical pregnancy were maternal age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01), endometrial thickness (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.012), type (frozen vs. fresh) of embryos (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.029), and embryonal age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.012). In a conditional logistic regression analysis, the US operator was not found to be a significant effector.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The utilization of a trained versus untrained ultrasound operator during ET was not associated with a difference in clinical pregnancy rates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/frph.2025.1743979","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,13]],"date-time":"2026-02-13T06:38:06Z","timestamp":1770964686000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of ultrasound operator training on clinical pregnancy rates during embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort 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