LUTEAL DEFICIENCY AMONG WOMEN WITH NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLES, REQUESTING REVERSAL OF TUBAL STERILIZATION

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 54  (2) , 189-192
Abstract
Women [40] with normal menstrual cycles who were sterilized by tubal ligation or electrocoagulation requested tubal reconstruction. As part of their preoperative evaluation, progesterone measurements were obtained in the midluteal phase (5-10 days before the next menstrual period). This group of women had a significantly lower (P < 0.005) mean midluteal progesterone level (9.4 .+-. 4.7 ng/ml) than a control group of 24 women with infertile male partners attending the same clinic (17.4 .+-. 7.1 ng/ml). In 25 (62%) of the sterilized women, progesterone levels were < 10 ng/ml, whereas in the control group such low values were found in only 4 (17%) of the women. Thus, reduced midluteal serum progesterone concentration appears more common among women with prior tubal ligation or electrocoagulation than among a control population of apparently normal women.