Successful in vitro fertilization surrogate pregnancy in a patient with ovarian transposition who had undergone chemotherapy and pelvic irradiation

Objective: To present a case of IVF surrogate pregnancy in a patient with o varian transposition who had undergone chemotherapy and total pelvic irradi ation. Design: Case report. Setting: Teaching hospital. Patient(s): A 29-year-old woman who had undergone Wertheim s hysterectomy f or a bulky carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Intervention(s): Ovarian transposition before chemotherapy and total pelvic irradiation. Standard IVF treatment, transabdominal oocyte retrieval, and transfer to the surrogate mother. Main Outcome Measure(s): Results of the IVF cycle. Result(s): A twin pregnancy at the first cycle and two live newborns. Conclusion(s): This is the first reported case of ovulation induction and o ocyte retrieval performed on a transposed ovary. (C) 2001 by American Socie ty for Reproductive Medicine.