title: [Spontaneous pregnancies after ovarian puncture for in vitro maturation in women with the polycystic ovary syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to report three cases of spontaneous gestation in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), that occurred in the months subsequent to transvaginal oocyte retrieval for in vitro maturation (IVM).
  
  
  METHODS
  three infertile patients with PCOS, submitted to oocytes' IVM without previous ovarian stimulation, were included in the study. During the procedure of oocytes' collection, each ovary was drilled from four to eight times.
  
  
  RESULTS
  none of the patients got pregnant with the IVM technique. Evaluating the cases' follow-up, in seven months after the procedure, the three patients got pregnant without the help of techniques of assisted reproduction, which resulted in three births.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the multiple drillings in the ovary of these patients with PCOS, during the process to collect oocytes, may have contributed to their pregnancy in the months following the procedure.
authors: Centro de Pesquisa e Reprodução Humana Nilo Frantz, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors: Nilo
authors: N
authors: Frantz
authors: Marcelo
authors: M
authors: Ferreira
authors: Marcos
authors: M
authors: Höher
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Bos-Mikich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011677:Punctures