Transvaginal ovarian drilling: A new surgical treatment for improving the clinical outcome of assisted reproductive technologies in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 812-816

  Ferraretti, Anna P ^a,b   Gianaroli, Luca ^a   Magli, Maria C ^a   Iammarrone, Elisabetta ^a   Feliciani, Elisabetta ^a   Fortini, Daniela ^a  

^a Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction   (Italy)

^b Italiana per Gli Studi sulla Medicina della Riproduzione Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implantation rate; IVF treatment; Ovarian drilling; PCOS; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIATHERMY; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSVAGINAL OVARIAN DRILLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034803835     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02001-5     Document Type: Article

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