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Ultrasound Directed Oocyte Recovery in an IVF Program
Author(s) -
Wong P. C.,
Wong Y. C.,
Anandakumar C.,
Hamilton M.P.R.,
Chan C.L.K.,
Ng S. C.,
Bongso T. A.,
Ratnam S. S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1988.tb00129.x
Subject(s) - oocyte , ultrasound , laparoscopy , medicine , transvaginal ultrasound , ovarian follicle , gynecology , ovary , andrology , biology , surgery , radiology , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology
Sixty‐three patients who underwent the IVF program had oocyte recovery done under ultrasound guidance. These patients were previously found to have inaccessible or partially inaccessible ovaries at laparoscopy. Twenty patients had oocyte recovery by the transurethral route while 43 were carried out by the transvaginal approach. In the transurethral group, 96 follicles (4.8 follicles per patient) were aspirated and 55 oocytes were recovered (57.3%) or 2.75 oocytes per patient. In the transvaginal group, 216 follicles (5.0 follicles per patient) were aspirated and 104 oocytes were recovered (48.1%) or 2.41 oocytes per patient. Ultrasound‐guided oocyte recovery is a satisfactory method of oocyte recovery in patients with inaccessible or partially inaccessible ovaries.