Infertility Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Infertility, including details on male and female infertility, treatment, causes, pregnancy.

Impact of coasting in patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation with the gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist cetrorelix.

Bahceci M, Ulug U, Tosun S, Erden HF, Bayazit N

Bahceci Women's Health Care Center, German Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. mbahceci@superonline.com

Coasting is the most popular modality for the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, but this procedure has not been evaluated in patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) with GnRH antagonists. The impact of coasting in a cycle in which GnRH antagonist is used was evaluated in 29 women, and it was found that coasting did not deleteriously affect the outcome in high-responder patients undergoing COH with GnRH antagonists.

Published 1 May 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1523-5.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2004-2008 Infertility Research Today. All Rights Reserved.