title: Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles.
abstract: We report the complications observed after transvaginal oocyte retrieval guided by ultrasound in 7,098 IVF cycles. The frequency of severe complications in our patients was 0.08%, of which four cases were intraperitoneal bleeding (0.06%) and two were cases of ovarian abscess (0.003%).
authors: Dipartimento Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologiche e puericultura, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors: Cesare
authors: C
authors: Aragona
authors: Mohamed A
authors: MA
authors: Mohamed
authors: Maria Salomè B
authors: MS
authors: Espinola
authors: Antonella
authors: A
authors: Linari
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Pecorini
authors: Giulietta
authors: G
authors: Micara
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Sbracia
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*