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Follicular aspiration does not protect against the development of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
M A Aboulghar1, R T Mansour, G I Serour
1Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Cairo University, Egypt.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of follicular aspiration on the incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).
Design:
A retrospective study was done on 219 IVF cycles that proceeded to follicular aspiration (group A) and they were compared with 189 cycles of ovulation induction for non-IVF cycles (group B). We compared the incidence of OHSS in regularly ovulating patients (subgroups A1 and B1) and anovulatory patients (subgroups A2 and B2) in both groups.
Settings:
The study took place at The Egyptian IVF-ET Center.
Participants:
Participants were 319 infertility patients.
Intervention:
Ovulation was induced and follicles were aspirated.
Main Outcome Measures:
The incidences of moderate and severe OHSS were the main outcome measures.
Results:
The incidence of OHSS in group B was significantly higher than that in group A (P = 0.016). There was no significant difference in the incidence of OHSS between subgroup A1 and subgroup B1 or between subgroup A2 and subgroup B2.
Conclusions:
Follicular aspiration had no effect on the incidence of OHSS. In contrast, the higher incidence of OHSS in group B was related to the higher incidence of anovulatory infertility.