Human Reproduction Update Advance Access originally published online on March 31, 2006
Human Reproduction Update 2006 12(3):328-329; doi:10.1093/humupd/dml008
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Letter to the Editor |
Reply: Agonist trigger in the context of OHSS prevention: primum non nocere
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany and 2 Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Dutch Speaking, Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
3 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck. E-mail: georg.griesinger@frauenklinik.uniluebeck.de
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Sir,
We thank Dr Kol for his interest in our recent systematic review (Griesinger et al., 2005
) on GnRH agonist usage for triggering final oocyte maturation in IVF patients.
In his letter, Dr Kol scrutinizes the necessity to test GnRH agonist triggering in normal responders at all, although he acknowledges that a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)-risk patients is unethical. Still, Dr Kol states that exploring GnRH agonist triggering in normal responder patients came