Successful pregnancy outcome in a renal transplant patient following in-vitro fertilization.
Renal transplantation transforms the fertility potential of women with end-stage renal failure and the prognosis for both pregnancy outcome and continuing renal function in those patients is generally good. Currently one in 50 women become pregnant following renal transplant and it may be assumed that more would welcome the chance of biological parenthood if their fertility problems, related often to tubal damage, could be overcome. We here report our experience of treating a couple with secondary infertility with in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer where the wife is a renal transplant recipient. We believe this is the first reported case.
Lockwood
G M
GM
Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Ledger
W L
WL
Barlow
D H
DH
D000328:Adult; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors