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Live birth after in vitro fertilization and single embryo transfer in a kidney transplant patient: a case report and review of the literature

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Abstract

Background

To present a successful case of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and single embryo transfer (SET) in a kidney transplant (NTX) patient and review of the literature.

Methods

Case report and review of the literature.

Setting

IVF-Unit in a university medical center.

Patient(s)

A 31 year-old nulliparous woman with primary infertility and a history of two kidney transplants.

Intervention(s)

IVF-SET

Main outcome measure(s)

Live birth, renal transplant function.

Results(s)

IVF-SET resulted in a pregnancy with labor induction and cesarean delivery in the 37th week of gestation due to rising serum creatinine. There was no significant maternal or fetal morbidity.

Conclusion(s)

Successful IVF-SET is possible in NTX patients. To date, including this case, five cases of IVF in NTX patients have been reported in the literature without an apparently increased renal morbidity.

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  1. Department of Clinical Gynaecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Kazem Nouri & Johannes Ott

  2. Department of Obstetrics and feto-maternal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Yvonne Bader & Stefan Jirecek

  3. Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecologic Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Samir Helmy

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Clemens B. Tempfer

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Assisted reproduction by in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer is feasible in kidney transplant patients. To date, including this case, five cases have been reported in the literature.

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Nouri, K., Bader, Y., Helmy, S. et al. Live birth after in vitro fertilization and single embryo transfer in a kidney transplant patient: a case report and review of the literature. J Assist Reprod Genet 28, 351–353 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-010-9521-5

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