Fertility and Sterility
Volume 95, Issue 7 , Pages 2279-2282, June 2011

Proficiency in oocyte retrieval: how many procedures are necessary for training?

  • Kara N. Goldman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program of Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Kimberly S. Moon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program of Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Belinda J. Yauger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program of Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Mark D. Payson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program of Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Assisted Reproductive Technologies Program, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C
    • ,
  • James H. Segars, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Program of Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Barbara J. Stegmann, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Barbara J. Stegmann, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, 31324 PFP, Iowa City, IA 52246.

Received 22 October 2010; received in revised form 17 February 2011; accepted 28 February 2011. published online 31 March 2011.

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 K.N.G. has nothing to disclose. K.S.M. has nothing to disclose. B.J.Y. has nothing to disclose. M.D.P. has nothing to disclose. J.H.S. has nothing to disclose. B.J.S. has nothing to disclose.

 K.N.G. and K.S.M. contributed equally to this article.

 Supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

PII: S0015-0282(11)00366-9

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.055

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 95, Issue 7 , Pages 2279-2282, June 2011

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