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The effect of ovarian cyst aspiration on IVF treatment with GnRH

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Abstract

Objective

The formation of cysts during IVF treatment may negatively influence the outcome. The aim of this study is to compare conservative management versus aspiration for functional ovarian cysts before ovarian stimulation for ART.

Materials and methods

Women who underwent IVF cycle with a long protocol, and developed ovarian cysts, they were randomly divided into a cyst aspiration group (n = 90) in which the cysts were aspirated after diagnosis and a no-intervention group (n = 90) for which the conservative treatment was continued following cyst diagnosis.

Results

The FSH level in women with ovarian cysts in the aspiration group was significantly higher than that in the no-intervention group (9.1 ± 4.5 vs. 6.5 ± 1.78 mIU/ml, p = 0.001). HMG requirement in that aspiration group was significantly higher than that in the non- intervention group (26.2 ± 9.7 vs. 21.85 ± 7.7, p = 0.0001). The embryo score in the no-intervention group was higher than the aspiration group (18 vs. 16, p = 0.0001).The cycle cancellation rate was significantly higher in the aspiration group than the no-intervention group. The pregnancy rate was higher but not significantly in the aspiration group than no-intervention group.

Conclusion

Cyst aspiration did not promote retrieved oocyte in quality and in number. Because cyst aspiration requires anesthesia and is expensive, conservative management is better and without improving the IVF outcome.

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  1. Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Shahid Sedughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran

    Razieh Dehghani Firouzabadi & Maryam Javedani

  2. Shahid Sadughi University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Sedughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran

    Leila Sekhavat

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Firouzabadi, R.D., Sekhavat, L. & Javedani, M. The effect of ovarian cyst aspiration on IVF treatment with GnRH. Arch Gynecol Obstet 281, 545–549 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-1195-9

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