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Characteristics predictive of response to ovarian diathermy in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome
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Characteristics predictive of response to ovarian diathermy in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Barbara J. Stegmann, H. Randall Craig, R. Curtis Bay, Dean V. Coonrod, M. Jane Brady, John A. Garbaciak Jr. and John A. Garbaciak
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.188(5)
2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1067/mob.2003.289

Abstract

clomifene adhesion adult age distribution article body weight diathermy female human insulin resistance major clinical study ovary polycystic disease prediction pregnancy priority journal
OBJECTIVE AND STUDY DESIGN: Ovarian needle diathermy was used in the treatment of clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Factors predictive of pregnancy in our study group included younger age, lower body weight, and surgery before 1998. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Insulin resistance and adhesions at surgery were negatively associated with pregnancy. Sixty-six percent of the study group cycled spontaneously after surgery and 50% became pregnant.

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