Infertility in Female and Male Solid Organ Recipients – From Diagnosis to Treatment: An Up-To-Date Review of the Literature

Iwona Szymusik; Damian Warzecha; Mirosław Wielgoś; Bronisława Pietrzak

doi:10.12659/AOT.923592

20 November 2020 : Review article

Infertility in Female and Male Solid Organ Recipients – From Diagnosis to Treatment: An Up-To-Date Review of the Literature

Iwona Szymusik^1ABCDEF, Damian Warzecha^1ABCDEFG*, Mirosław Wielgoś^1DEG, Bronisława Pietrzak^1ACDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.923592

Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e923592

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Table 1 IVF pregnancies in solid organ recipients (published data).

Authors/year of publication	Transplanted organ	Cause of infertility	Number of fetuses	Pregnancy complications	Gestational week at delivery
Lockwood et al., 1995 []⁵⁸	Kidney	Tubal factor	2	Deep vein thrombosis, PROM	29
Furman et al., 1999 [59 (2 cases)	Kidney	Anovulation	2	Preeclampsia	33
Furman et al., 1999 [59 (2 cases)	Kidney		3 (reduced to 2)	No complications	36
Khalaf et al., 2000 []⁶⁰	Kidney	Tubal factor	2	OHSS	30
Case et al., 2000 []⁶¹	Liver	Male factor	2	Preeclampsia	34
Tamaki et al., 2003 []⁶²	Kidney	No data	1	No data	35
Ulug et al., 2005 []⁶³	Liver	Male factor	1	Preterm delivery	31
Fichez et al., 2008 []⁶⁴	Kidney and pancreas	Tubal factor	1	Hypertension	34
Nouri et al., 2011 []⁶⁵	Kidney	Male factor	1	No complications	37
Choi et al., 2013 []⁶⁵	Liver	Male factor, endometriosis	1	No complications	38
Norrman et al., 2014 [] (7 women, 8 IVF pregnancies; Swedish population – deliveries in 1996–2007; one woman – 2 IVF deliveries)⁶⁷	Kidney	No data	2	Hypertension, anemia	30
			1	No complications	40
			1	Kidney function deterioration	39
			1	No complications	38
			1	Kidney function deterioration	36
			1	Hypertension	38
			1	Severe preeclampsia, IUGR	27
			1	No complications	38
Pietrzak et al., 2015 []⁶⁸	Kidney	Tubal factor	1	Preeclampsia, IUGR, anemia	34
Warzecha et al., 2018 (3 cases) []⁶⁹	Kidney	Tubal factor	A case described earlier by Pietrzak et al., the same patient underwent another IVF procedure and delivered at 36 weeks (personal unpublished data)
		Idiopathic infertility	1	Gestational diabetes	36
		Tubal factor	1	Preeclampsia	34
PROM – premature rupture of membranes; IUGR – intrauterine growth restriction; OHSS – ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

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