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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 11, 2921-2922, November 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Letters to the Editor

Counselling patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation about the risks of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

M.R. Rimington1, E.G. Simons and K.K. Ahuja

Cromwell IVF and Fertility Centre, Cromwell Hospital, Cromwell Road, London SW5 OTW, UK

Dear Sir,

Iatrogenic death of a patient or morbidity is always shattering for the clinician who has had to balance the risks and benefits of medical intervention when considering treatment options. Iatrogenic morbidity is all the worse when the treatment is of no immediate benefit to the patient in terms of improving their health. Such is the case in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) which follows controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH).

OHSS is the most common complication of `controlled' ovarian stimulation, the most serious consequence of which is death. The mortality associated with OHSS . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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