title: Successful in vitro fertilization-surrogate pregnancy in a patient with ovarian transposition who had undergone chemotherapy and pelvic irradiation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of IVF-surrogate pregnancy in a patient with ovarian transposition who had undergone chemotherapy and total pelvic irradiation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 29-year-old woman who had undergone Wertheim's hysterectomy for a bulky carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ovarian transposition before chemotherapy and total pelvic irradiation. Standard IVF treatment, transabdominal oocyte retrieval, and transfer to the surrogate mother.
  
  
  METHODS
  Results of the IVF cycle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A twin pregnancy at the first cycle and two live newborns.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first reported case of ovulation induction and oocyte retrieval performed on a transposed ovary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. plgiacalone@chu.montpellier.fr
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Giacalone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laffargue
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bénos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dechaud
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hédon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery*; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011247:Pregnancy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D014427:Twins; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery