Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles

Cesare Aragona; Mohamed A Mohamed; Maria Salomè B Espinola; Antonella Linari; Francesco Pecorini; Giulietta Micara; Marco Sbracia

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054

Assisted Reproduction Safety and Risks

Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles

Aragona C, Mohamed MA, Espinola MS, Linari A, Pecorini F, Micara G, Sbracia M

Published January 2011 Fertility and Sterility

DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054 PMID 20727520

Abstract

We report the complications observed after transvaginal oocyte retrieval guided by ultrasound in 7,098 IVF cycles. The frequency of severe complications in our patients was 0.08%, of which four cases were intraperitoneal bleeding (0.06%) and two were cases of ovarian abscess (0.003%).

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Cesare Aragona, Mohamed A Mohamed, Maria Salomè B Espinola, Antonella Linari, Francesco Pecorini, Giulietta Micara, Marco Sbracia

C Aragona, M Mohamed, M Espinola, A Linari, F Pecorini, G Micara, M Sbracia

PMID 20727520 20727520 DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054 Aragona et al. 2011, Aragona 2011

Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles

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