PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bushaqer, Nayla J.
AU  - Dayoub, Nawal M.
AU  - AlHattali, Khalsa K.
AU  - Ayyoub, Hisham A.
AU  - AlFaraj, Samaher S.
AU  - Hassan, Samar N.
TI  - Follicular aspiration versus coasting for ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome prevention
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2018.3.22331
DP  - 2018 Mar 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 290--295
VI  - 39
IP  - 3
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/3/290.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/3/290.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2018 Mar 01; 39
AB  - Objectives: To compare follicular reduction prior to human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) trigger and coasting in terms of ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome (OHSS) reduction, pregnancy, and cancellation rates in in vitro fertilization/ intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) cycles.Methods: This study was designed as a prospective study. The setting was the IVF unit at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 39 patients undergoing IVF/ICSI cycles, who were at risk of OHSS, 20 were put into a coasting group and 19 had follicular reduction instead. This occurred between October 2010 and January 2011. Our main outcome was OHSS reduction.Results: Six (30%) women developed OHSS in the coasting group and 2 (10.5%) women developed OHSS in the follicular group (p-value=0.235). The pregnancy rates in the cycles were similar for both groups: 4/20 (20%) in the coasting group and 3/19 (15.8%) in the follicular group (p-value=1.000). The cancellation rate of the cycles was similar for both groups, 6/20 (30%) in the coasting group and 1/19 (5.3%) in the follicular group (p-value=0.09). The median number of punctured follicles was significantly lower in the follicular group (16 follicles, interquartile range (IQR)=21-12) compared to the coasting group (29 follicles, IQR=37.8-19.8, p-value=0.001). The retrieved, fertilized, and cleaved oocytes, as well as the number of embryos transferred, were similar amongst both groups.Conclusion: There was no difference between follicular reduction prior to HCG and coasting, in terms of OHSS reduction, pregnancy, and cancellation rates in both the IVF and ICSI cycles.