Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles

Cesare Aragona; Mohamed A Mohamed; Maria Salomè B Espinola; Antonella Linari; Francesco Pecorini; Giulietta Micara; Marco Sbracia

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054

Clinical complications after transvaginal oocyte retrieval in 7,098 IVF cycles

Fertil Steril. 2011 Jan;95(1):293-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054. Epub 2010 Aug 21.

Authors

Cesare Aragona¹, Mohamed A Mohamed, Maria Salomè B Espinola, Antonella Linari, Francesco Pecorini, Giulietta Micara, Marco Sbracia

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologiche e puericultura, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 20727520
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1054

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%).

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess / epidemiology
Female
Fertilization in Vitro / statistics & numerical data*
Hemorrhage / epidemiology
Humans
Infertility, Female / epidemiology*
Infertility, Female / therapy*
Oocyte Retrieval / adverse effects*
Oocyte Retrieval / statistics & numerical data*