POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF OVARIAN WEDGE RESECTION AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH CLOMIPHENE CITRATE

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 71  (6) , 330-333
Abstract
The therapeutic effect of ovarian wedge resection (OWR) was evaluated in a study of 92 patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome who did not conceive after clomiphene treatment. The frequency of ovulation was significantly higher after OWR than before (0.02 < P < 0.05). Postoperatively, 58 of the patients (63%) attained pregnancy 1 or more times, either spontaneously or after induction of ovulation. The beneficial effect of OWR on menstrual irregularities was significant (P < 0.001).

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