São Paulo Medical Journal ()

Donation of oocytes as treatment for infertility in patients with premature ovarian failure: awarded the "Nicolau de Moraes Barros" prize for gynecology

  • José Gonçalves Franco Júnior,
  • Ricardo Luiz Razera Baruffi,
  • Ana Lúcia Mauri,
  • Cláudia Guilhermino Pertersen,
  • Márcia Siste Campos,
  • João Batista Alcântara Oliveira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-31801994000100008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 112, no. 1
pp. 510 – 516

Abstract

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A total of 7 cycles of embryo transfer by oocyte donation were performed on 5 patients with premature ovary failure (POF). All donors were under 35 of age and the recipients average age was 38.6 years. For synchronization between donor and recipient a semi programmed menstrual cycle was used by means of oral contraceptive followed by ovarian stimulation of donor with clomiphene citrate and human menopausal gonadotrophin. The recipients were easily adjusted to the donors by a flexible model of gradually increasing doses of estradiol valerianate. The average number of oocytes donated was 3.14 and average embryo cleavage rate was 80.2%. The average number of embryos transferred was 2.57. Embryo implantation rate was 22.2%. Clinical gestations occurred in 57.1% of the cycles. This series is probably the first one in Brazilian literature on oocyte donation as treatment for infertility in patients with premature ovarian failure.

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