[Evaluation of basal FSH serum levels in infertile patients with deep ovarian endometriosis who underwent surgery].
OBJECTIVE
to evaluate the ovarian reserve of infertile patients with severe ovarian endrometriosis, submitted to excisional surgery of endometriomas and attended from February to November, 2008.


METHODS
prospective study, including 30 patients with endometriosis grades III and IV, with severe ovarian impairment, submitted to excisional surgery of the endometriomas, and 30 patients with endometriosis grades I and II, allocated as a Control Group. The ovarian reserve was indirectly assessed, through the basal (U/L) follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), between the third and fifth days of the cycle, 12 months after the surgery. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated according to Quetelet's formula [weight (kg)/height(cm(2))]. The Mann-Whitney non-parametric U test was used to compare the variables 'age', 'BMI' and 'basal SFH' between the groups.


RESULTS
there was no significant difference between the groups about age and BMI. Concerning basal FSH, in the group of patients with severe endometriosis, the average value was 7.0 U/L, while in the Control Group, it was 5.6 U/L (p=0.3), what demonstrates that the difference between the two groups was not significant.


CONCLUSIONS
the surgery did not affect the ovarian reserve of patients with severe ovarian endometriosis.
Médica Residente da Disciplina de Ginecologia Patológica e Reprodução Humana--FMABC-Santo André (SP), Brasil.
Sandra
S
Frankfurt
Ana Luiza
AL
Nunes
Audrey Dos
AD
Reis
Denise Maria
DM
Christofolini
Bianca
B
Bianco
Caio Parente
CP
Barbosa
D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D043373:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Human / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies
D043373:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Human