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 ovarian transposition who had undergone chemotherapy and total pelvic irradiation.

DESIGN

Case report.

SETTING

Teaching hospital.

PATIENT(S): A 29-year-old woman who had undergone Wertheim's hysterectomy for 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 oocyte retrieval performed on a transposed ovary.