The significance of pelvic ultrasound abnormalities detected on routine ultrasound scanning prior to assisted reproduction

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 150-154

  Dew, Jennifer E ^a   Don, Ronald A ^a   Hughes, Graeme J ^a   Johnson, Trevor C ^a   Steigrad, Stephen J ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Polycystic ovaries; Ultrasound abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; PELVIS; POLICY MAKING; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031818438     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Kemmann E, Tavakoli F, Shelden RM, et al: Induction of ovulation with menotropins in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynaecol 141:58-64, 1981.
2. Navot D, Relou A, Birkenfeld A, et al: Risk factors and prognostic variables in the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynaecol 159:58-64, 1988.
3. Golan A, Ron-El R, Herman A, et al: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: an update review. Obstet Gynaecol Survey 44:430-440, 1989.
4. Rizk B, Aboulghar M: Modern management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Hum Reprod 6:1082-1087, 1991.
5. Rizk B, Smitz J: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome after superovulation using GnRH agonists for IVF and related procedures. Hum Reprod 7:320-327, 1992.
6. MacDougall MJ, Tan SL, Jacobs HS: In-vitro fertilization and the ovarian hyperStimulation syndrome. Hum Reprod 7:597-600, 1992.
7. Ritchie WGM: Ultrasound evaluation of normal and induced ovulation, in Callen PW (ed): Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Philadelphia, Saunders, pp 569-585, 1994.
8. Hall DA, Yoder IC: Ultrasound evaluation of the uterus, in Callen PW (ed): Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Philadelphia, Saunders, pp 586-614, 1994.
9. Ashton D, Amin HK, Richart RM, et al: The incidence of asymptomatic uterine anomalies in women undergoing transcervical tubal sterilization. Obstet Gynaecol 72(1):28-30, 1988.
10. Anderson AN, Yue Z, Meng FJ, et al: Low implantation rates after in-vitro fertilization in patients with hydrosalpinges diagnosed by ultrasonography. Hum Reprod 9:1935-1938, 1994.
11. Goldberg JM, Dodds WG, Miller FA, et al: Effect of baseline ovarian cysts on in vitro fertilization and gamete intrafallopian transfer cycles. Fertil Steril 55:319-323, 1991.
12. Hornstein MD, Barbieri RL, Ravnikar VA, McShane PM: The effects of baseline ovarian cysts on the clinical response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in an in vitro fertilization program. Fertil Steril 52:437-440, 1989.
13. Filly RA: Ovarian masses...what to look for...what to do, in Callen PW (ed): Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Philadelphia, Saunders, pp 625-640, 1994.
14. Farquhar CM, Birdsall M, Manning P, et al: The prevalence of polycystic ovaries on ultrasound scanning in a population of randomly selected women. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol 34:67-72, 1994.
15. Poison DW, Wadsworth J, Adams J, et al: Polycystic ovaries - a common finding in normal women, Lancet I:870-872, 1988.
16. Adams JA, Polson DW, Franks S: Prevalence of polycystic ovaries in women with anovulation and idiopathic hirsutism. Br Med J 293:355-359, 1986.