OVULATION INDUCTION AND CONTROLLED OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

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Infertility which is defined as inability to conceive in one year after unprotected regular intercourse, is a common medical but also a serious economic and social problem affecting almost 15% of the couples. The tremendous growth in medical industry in the last 20 years led to the development of new agents to join in ovulation induction and controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocols and enables the clinician to develop new protocols which are more cost effective and patient fri- endly. In this review, we will summarize the ovulation induction and controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocols and present the new literature.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Infertility,ovulation induction,controlled ovarian hyperstimulation

OVULASYON iNDUKSiYONU ve KONTROLL-0 OVARYAN HiPERSTiMULASYONA GENEL BAKIS

Öz

Bir yıllık korunmasız ilişkiye ragmen gebeligin oluşmaması olarak tanımlanan ve çiftlerin yaklaş1k %15'ini etkileyen infertilite, medikal bir problem oldugu kadar sosyal ve ekonomik yonden de onemli bir yiik olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadir. infertilite tedavisinde kullamlan ilaçlarda özellikle son 20 yilda gozlenen hızlı gelişim ovulasyon indliksiyonu ve kontrollil ovaryan hiperstimillasyon protokollerine yeni ajanlarm katihp, gerek maliyet gerekse hasta dostu yaklaşım açısmdan klinisyenlere farklı seçenekler sunmaya olanak sağlamıştır. Aşağıdaki derlemede, ovulasyon indilksiyonu ve kontrollil ovaryan hiperstimillasyon protokolleri özetlenecek ve literatilrdeki yeni gelişmeler sunulacaktlr.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• infertilite,ovulasyon indilksiyonu,kontrollil ovaryan stimillasyon

Kaynakça

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