Firstly, the patient undergoing treatment must receive medicine to stimulate ovulation, so that the ovaries produce more follicles. The follicles 'growth is observed with ultrasound until the eggs have matured, at which time laparoscopy or ultrasound is used to precisely extract the eggs (" Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Ovum Pickup ").
首先，接受治療的病人要接受排卵藥物的刺激，以使卵巢生長較多的卵泡，並以超音波觀察卵泡發育情形，直到卵子成熟，再經由腹腔鏡或超音波導引採集卵子。