INDUCTION OF OVULATION - AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS

Attempts to induce ovulation in a series of 66 infertile women with human gonadotropins, clomiphene citrate, or both were successful in 91 per cent of cases, and pregnancy resulted in 50 per cent. Daily monitoring of estrogen excretion at critical phases of the cycle is believed to be an important factor in avoiding complications such as multiple pregnancy and ovarian cyst formation. Some patients who failed to respond to clomiphene or to gonadotropin were treated with combinations which were followed by ovulation, and in one case pregnancy occurred. © 1968.