Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles.
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%).
Aragona
Cesare
C
Dipartimento Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologiche e puericultura, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Mohamed
Mohamed A
MA
Espinola
Maria Salomè B
MS
Linari
Antonella
A
Pecorini
Francesco
F
Micara
Giulietta
G
Sbracia
Marco
M
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*