title: When should surgical treatment be considered for premenstrual dysphoric disorder?
abstract: Premenstrual mood disorders afflict a substantial number of women of reproductive age. Medical treatments provide excellent symptomatic relief to many women but at times a poor therapeutic response or adverse effects attributable to these therapies lead women to seek alternative solutions. Oophorectomy (with concomitant hysterectomy) followed by low-dose estrogen therapy has been shown to be an effective alternative for such cases of menstrual-cycle-related mood disorder.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2V7, Canada. robert.reid@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D058994:Salpingectomy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index