Ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal puncture for oocyte retrieval in a rare patient with Rokitansky syndrome in an in vitro fertilization surrogacy program

Arieh Raziel*, Zvi Vaknin, Morey Schachter, Deborah Strassburger, Arie Herman, Raphael Ron-El, Shevach Friedler

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Abstract

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. Design: Technique and instrumentation. Setting: A university-based hospital IVF and Reproductive Medicine Unit. Patient(s): A woman with congenital agenesis of the uterus in a surrogate gestation program. Intervention(s): Ultrasonographic-guided percutaneous transabdominal puncture for oocyte retrieval. Main Outcome Measure(s): Number of oocytes retrieved and fertilized. Result(s): Oocyte retrieval was feasible in four treatment cycles with subsequent embryo transfer to the surrogate mother. Conclusion(s): 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1760-1763
Number of pages4
JournalFertility and Sterility
Volume86
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Congenital absence of the uterus and vagina
  • Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
  • in vitro fertilization
  • oocyte retrieval technique
  • surrogacy

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