Transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval, also known as egg retrieval, is a surgical technique used by medical professionals to extract mature eggs directly from the women’s ovaries under the guidance of ultrasound imaging. In 1982, physicians Suzan Lenz and Jorgen Lauritsen at the University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark, proposed the technology to improve the egg collection aspect of in vitro fertilization, or IVF. During IVF, a healthcare practitioner must remove mature eggs from a woman’s ovaries to fertilize them with sperm outside of the body. Transvaginal ultrasound-guided egg retrieval is a surgery that can be completed in a medical office setting in twenty minutes. Transvaginal ultrasound-guided egg retrieval increased mature egg collection and rates of successful fertilization, becoming the new standard for egg collection in IVF.
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- Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Oocyte Retrieval
- Lane, Alison (Author)
- Darby, Alexis (Editor)
- Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (Publisher)
- Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
- Technology
- Transvaginal ultrasonography
- Fertilization in Vitro
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery--Complications
- Oocyte Retrieval
- Oocyte Aspiration
- Oocyte Collection
- Fertility Preservation
- Ovarian Follicles
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
- Assisted Reproductive Techniques
- Reproductive Technology, Assisted
- In Vitro Techniques
- In Vitro Oocyte Maturation Techniques
- In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes
- Oocyte In Vitro Maturation
- Vaginal Examinations
- Ultrasound Waves
- Doppler Ultrasound Imaging
- Ultrasound Imaging
- Reproduction
- Technologies
- egg retrieval
- assisted reproductive technology (ART)