Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1381-1384, April 2009

Ovarian follicular flushing among low-responding patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology

  • Eric D. Levens, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Walter Reed Army Medical Center ART Program, Washington, D.C.
    • Combined Federal Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eric D. Levens, M.D., Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 10, CRC, Room E1-3140, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 (FAX: 301-402-0884).
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  • Brian W. Whitcomb, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Mark D. Payson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Walter Reed Army Medical Center ART Program, Washington, D.C.
    • Combined Federal Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Frederick W. Larsen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Walter Reed Army Medical Center ART Program, Washington, D.C.
    • Combined Federal Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Received 6 February 2008; received in revised form 15 April 2008; accepted 16 April 2008. published online 04 August 2008.

A randomized comparison trial was performed to evaluate whether follicular reaspiration with use of a double-lumen retrieval needle improves oocyte recovery when compared with direct follicular aspiration among low-responding patients undergoing ART. There were no differences observed in the number of oocytes retrieved (single lumen: 6.5 ± 2.2 oocytes, double lumen: 7.2 ± 2.3 oocytes) whereas follicular reaspiration with the double-lumen retrieval needle resulted in a twofold increase in procedure time.

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 E.D.L. has nothing to disclose. B.W.W. has nothing to disclose. M.D.P. has nothing to disclose. F.W.L. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by the Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch and the Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

 Presented in part at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, D.C., October 13–17, 2007.

 The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00949-7

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.034

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1381-1384, April 2009

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