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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on January 7, 2005
Human Reproduction 2005 20(4):906-909; doi:10.1093/humrep/deh737
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved.

Endometrial fluid visualized through ultrasonography during ovarian stimulation in IVF cycles impairs the outcome in tubal factor, but not PCOS, patients

Mehmet Ali Akman, Halit Firat Erden and Mustafa Bahceci1

German Hospital IVF Unit, Bahceci Women Health Care Center, Istanbul, Turkey

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Abdi Ipekci Cad, Azer Ishani, 44/7, Nisantasi, Istanbul, Turkey. Email: mbahceci{at}hotmail.com

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of the presence of endometrial fluid (seen through ultrasound) on the outcome of IVF cycles and its association with the aetiology of infertility, in tubal and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) cases specifically. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the charts of all PCOS and tubal factor infertility patients that underwent IVF between June 1, 2001 and May 31, 2002. Twenty-four PCOS and 14 tubal factor infertility patients in whom endometrial fluid was detected were compared with 94 PCOS and 160 tubal factor patients whose stimulation cycles did not show any fluid collection. The main outcome measures were implantation and pregnancy rates. RESULTS: Implantation rates were lower in the tubal factor patients in the presence of endometrial fluid (6.12% and 21.4%, respectively) in comparison with all other tubal factor infertile patients in whom no fluid accumulation inside the cavity was detected. In PCOS cycles there was no significance in patients with presence of endometrial fluid in comparison with the all other PCOS cycles without any fluid accumulation. CONCLUSIONS: When fluid collection inside the endometrial cavity is first seen during ovarian stimulation of PCOS patients undergoing IVF, embryo transfer can be performed safely if the fluid has disappeared and not returned by the day of embryo transfer. However, in tubal factor cycles one should think of either cancellation of the cycle or cryopreservation of all embryos.

Key words: endometrial fluid/IVF/PCOS/pregnancy/tubal factor


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