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Eggs Retrieval. Adverse Events, Complications, and Malpractice: A Medicolegal Perspective

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Ovum pickup (OPU) or egg retrieval, also known as follicular or follicle puncture, is instrumental in carrying out in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures.

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  1. Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Simona Zaami & Enrico Marinelli

  2. The New European Surgical Academy, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Stark

  3. Charitè University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Stark

  4. ELSAN Group Hospitals, Paris, France

    Michael Stark

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, GVM Care and Research Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Antonio Malvasi

  6. Laboratory of Human Physiology, Phystech BioMed School, Faculty of Biological and Medical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Russia

    Antonio Malvasi

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Zaami, S., Stark, M., Malvasi, A., Marinelli, E. (2020). Eggs Retrieval. Adverse Events, Complications, and Malpractice: A Medicolegal Perspective. In: Malvasi, A., Baldini, D. (eds) Pick Up and Oocyte Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28741-2_21

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