title: Laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery in patients with polycystic ovarian disease resistant to clomiphene citrate.
abstract: Eleven patients with polycystic ovarian disease resistant to clomiphene citrate were treated by ovarian electrocautery. Nine patients ovulated after electrocautery, and five became pregnant (four-following additional treatment with clomiphene citrate). Testosterone and androstenedione levels were reduced, but androstenedione levels returned to pretreatment values at 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: van der Weiden
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Alberda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000735:Androstenedione / Q000097:blood; D002996:Clomiphene / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010060:Ovulation; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002996:Clomiphene; D013739:Testosterone; D000735:Androstenedione