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- Title
Follicle flushing in monofollicular in vitro fertilization almost doubles the number of transferable embryos.
- Authors
Wolff, Michael; Hua, Yu‐Zhen; Santi, Alessandro; Ocon, Erika; Weiss, Benedicte
- Abstract
Follicle flushing has been proved to be ineffective in polyfollicular in vitro fertilization. To analyze the effect of flushing in monofollicular in vitro fertilization we aspirated and then flushed the follicles in 164 cycles. Total oocyte yield/aspiration was 44.5% in the aspirate, 20.7% in the 1st flush, 10.4% in the 2nd flush and 4.3% in the 3rd flush. By flushing, the total oocyte yield increased (p < 0.01) by 80.9%, from 44.5 to 80.5%. The total transfer rate increased (p < 0.01) by 91.0%, from 20.1 to 38.4%. The results indicate that the oocyte yield and the number of transferable embryos can be increased significantly by flushing.
- Subjects
FERTILIZATION in vitro; BLUSHING; EMBRYO transfer; OVUM; REPRODUCTIVE health; WOMEN'S health services
- Publication
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2013, Vol 92, Issue 3, p346
- ISSN
0001-6349
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aogs.12054