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- Title
Women with one ovary in assisted reproduction technologies: a review of the literature.
- Authors
Sofia, Bouchlariotou; Panagiotis, Tsikouras; Beniamin, Rösing; Josef, Neulen
- Abstract
Background: A number of patients who have undergone assisted reproductive technology (ART) have only one ovary. Purpose: This article reviews the clinical implications of the absence of an ovary on the reproductive potential and the outcome in ART cycle. Data sources: MEDLINE, Pubmed, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from the 1980s through April 2010. Study selection: Randomized, controlled trials; systematic reviews of trials; and observational studies; all restricted to English-language articles. Data synthesis: This review includes 58 articles. Women with a single ovary did not, in general, respond as well to ovulation induction treatment than women with two ovaries in ART cycles. It appears however, that once women with a single ovary achieve the stage of embryo transfer, they can be reassured that their chances of having a child are the same as women with two ovaries. Whether the right or left ovary responds better to superovulation is a question which remains unanswered in the literature. Limitations: The authors could not address all management questions, and excluded non-English-language literature.
- Subjects
REPRODUCTIVE technology; OVARIECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC reviews; HEALTH outcome assessment; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; EMBRYO transfer; OVARIAN physiology; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2012, Vol 286, Issue 4, p1041
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-012-2477-1