Ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal puncture for oocyte retrieval in a rare patient with Rokitansky syndrome in an in vitro fertilization surrogacy program.
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.
Raziel
Arieh
A
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>
Vaknin
Zvi
Z
Schachter
Morey
M
Strassburger
Deborah
D
Herman
Arie
A
Ron-El
Raphael
R
Friedler
Shevach
S
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*