| Fertility and contraceptive issues after kidney transplantation in women. | |
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PMID: 15251344 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: Our purpose was to investigate reproductive performance among kidney transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 126 kidney transplanted women 15 to 68 years of age including 33 who were single and 93 who were married. RESULTS: Infertility was seen in 10.4% of those who desired pregnancy, a rate similar to the general population. The most common method of contraception was coitus interruptus (56%), 22% of patients had tubal ligation, 6% had husbands who had vasectomies, 14% were using condoms, and only 2% used oral contraceptives. Among 33 pregnancies, 16 were unintended (48.5%). Most of the patients with unwanted pregnancy were using coitus interruptus (93.7%). In the group with unintended pregnancy, abortion was induced in three, spontaneous abortion or intrauterine fetal death occurred in six, and only seven pregnancies resulted in a live birth (43.7%). CONCLUSION: Kidney transplantation greatly improves fertility, so those who do not desire pregnancy should be protected by an effective method of contraception. |
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Authors:
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M Lessan-Pezeshki; S Ghazizadeh; M R Khatami; M Mahdavi; E Razeghi; S Seifi; F Ahmadi; S Maziar |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Transplantation proceedings Volume: 36 ISSN: 0041-1345 ISO Abbreviation: Transplant. Proc. Publication Date: 2004 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-07-14 Completed Date: 2005-03-07 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0243532 Medline TA: Transplant Proc Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1405-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2004 Elsevier Inc. |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. lessanpezeshki@yahoo.com |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Coitus Interruptus Condoms Contraception / methods Female Fertility / physiology* Humans Infertility, Female / epidemiology* Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects, physiology* Male Middle Aged Pregnancy Sterilization, Tubal Vasectomy |
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