OBJECTIVE: To report the detection of pyometra after ovum retrieval for IVF with the routine use of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Tertiary fertility center. PATIENTS: A 29-year-old woman who developed pyometra after ovum retrieval for IVF detected at the time of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer. INTERVENTION(S): Cancellation of the embryo transfer, cryopreservation of the embryos, treatment of the pyometra, and a successful frozen-embryo transfer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Normal uterine cavity after treatment and a delivered twin pregnancy. RESULT(S): A successful delivered twin pregnancy. CONCLUSION(S): Routine use of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer resulted in the rescue of the patient's embryos for cryopreservation, with a resulting ongoing pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE: To report the detection of pyometra after ovum retrieval for IVF with the routine use of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Tertiary fertility center. PATIENTS: A 29-year-old woman who developed pyometra after ovum retrieval for IVF detected at the time of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer. INTERVENTION(S): Cancellation of the embryo transfer, cryopreservation of the embryos, treatment of the pyometra, and a successful frozen-embryo transfer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Normal uterine cavity after treatment and a delivered twin pregnancy. RESULT(S): A successful delivered twin pregnancy. CONCLUSION(S): Routine use of ultrasound-guided embryo transfer resulted in the rescue of the patient's embryos for cryopreservation, with a resulting ongoing pregnancy.