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Fertility Preservation in Patients with Severe Ovarian Dysfunction
Published on: March 25, 2021
Effect of ovarian stimulation and oocyte retrieval on reproductive outcome in oocyte donors
Dominic Stoop1, Lynn Vercammen, Nikolaos P Polyzos
1Center for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. dominic.stoop@uzbrussel.be
Objective:
To assess whether there is an increased risk of infertility in women that have previously undergone ovarian stimulation and oocyte retrieval for oocyte donation.
Design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Setting:
Tertiary referral center.
Patient(S):
A total of 194 past oocyte donors.
Intervention(S):
Telephone questionnaire.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Incidence of infertility after oocyte donation.
Result(S):
Of the women who indicated having pursued conception after oocyte donation, 95% (57/60) became pregnant unassisted. Before oocyte donation, 41 women in this cohort had already been trying to conceive, of which 38 had delivered a child and 3 (7.3%) had needed infertility treatment.
Conclusion(S):
The data suggest that oocyte donation does not affect short-term reproductive health.
