Laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery in patients with polycystic ovarian disease resistant to clomiphene citrate.
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.
van der Weiden
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Alberda
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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
D002996:Clomiphene; D013739:Testosterone; D000735:Androstenedione