AIM OF THE PRESENT STUDY To assess the changes in hormonal profile (serum FSH, LH, prolactin and total testosterone) following laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty patients with PCOS have been included in this study. Serum prolactin, total testosterone, follicular-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) le...

Background: Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the endometrial cavity and uterine musculature. The most common site of endometriosis is pelvis, but endometrotic implants may occur nearly anywhere in the body. Endometriosis is a common and serious gynecologic problem in reproductive age women, who have pelvic pain, dyspareunia, or infertility. The g...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a frequent disorder, affecting approximately 5-10% of infertile women. It can represent more than 80% of cases of infertility due to anovulation. The main goal of treatment is the induction of mono-ovulatory cycles. A pragmatic management of infertility in PCOS will allow most patients to conceive. Weight loss and clomiphene citrate (CC) are the first-line co...

Polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. The pathogenesis is not completely clear still today. Problems in inducing ovulation in PCOD is well recognized. A retrospective study of last 3 years in patients attending the OPD in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JNMC, Sawangi, Wardha, who were diagnosed as cases of PCOD with co...

121 women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and clomiphene citrate resistance underwent laparoscopic ovarian cautery, 63 patients were type I or typical PCOS with ovarian volume >8mL and 58 patients were type II PCOS with ovarian volume O.05). It therefore appears that the result of laparoscopic ovarian cauterization does not depend on ovary size in clomphene citrate resistant patients with...

Polycystic ovary syndrome is an accumulation of endocrine changes that associates oligo-amenorrhea, obesity, hirsutism, androgen excess and resistance to insulin. Ovarian drilling can be done through classical laparoscopy and by transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy minimally invasive surgical method. We performed a meta-analysis of eight studies conducted between 2003-2011, which include a total of 35...

A literature search was conducted with Google search engine, Highwire press and PubMed. Laparoscopic ovarian drilling, polycystic ovarian syndrome, clomiphene citrate, metformin, GnRHa with polycystic ovaries were entered as search words. Articles were selected for review from all the citations produced from the search. These were selected based on predetermined criteria as stated below. 1. Yea...

We present a case of a 29 year old nulliparous woman with clomiphene resistance polycystic ovarian syndrome. She had a successful laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) in a private fertility centre in Nnewi Southeast Nigeria. She achieved a pregnancy four months later following clomiphene citrate ovulation induction. The pregnancy was complicated with 1st trimester threatened abortion, pre-term P...

The effectiveness of laparoscopic ovarian drilling for treatment of anovulation in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) has been proved. The role of ovarian surgery in the treatment of symptoms related to hyperandrogenaemia, such as hirsutism and acne, has been less clear. This review sought to evaluate the effectiveness of ovarian surgery in the treatment of non-infertility symptoms related to P...