title: Ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal puncture for oocyte retrieval in a rare patient with Rokitansky syndrome in an in vitro fertilization surrogacy program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the option of ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal puncture for ovum pickup in a rare case of Rokitansky syndrome with subcostal located ovaries and a right single kidney.
  
  
  METHODS
  Technique and instrumentation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A university-based hospital IVF and Reproductive Medicine Unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  A woman with congenital agenesis of the uterus in a surrogate gestation program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal puncture for oocyte retrieval.
  
  
  METHODS
  Number of oocytes retrieved and fertilized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Oocyte retrieval was feasible in four treatment cycles with subsequent embryo transfer to the surrogate mother.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal oocyte collection is a feasible and efficacious procedure for IVF in a case of Rokitansky syndrome with elevated subcostal ovaries and a single kidney.
authors.affiliation: IVF Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. araziel@012.net.il <araziel@012.net.il>
authors.forename: Arieh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raziel
authors.forename: Zvi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vaknin
authors.forename: Morey
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schachter
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strassburger
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ron-El
authors.forename: Shevach
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friedler
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000379:methods*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000637:transplantation*; D010053:Ovary / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D013577:Syndrome; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*