ABSTRACT
The very first human pregnancy using in vitro fertilization (IVF) was achieved using laparotomy for obtaining the oocyte (1). Meanwhile, Morgenstern and Soupart (2) in 1972 had described an experimental procedure for both abdominal and vaginal approaches to oocyte recovery, using a special oocyte recovery unit, in conjunction with gynecological surgery. As laparotomy was very invasive and laparoscopy was just beginning to be applied to gynecology, the laparoscopic approach for oocyte collection became routine by the late 1970s (3,4).
