Effects of laparoscopic ovarian drilling on serum vascular endothelial growth factor and on insulin responses to the oral glucose tolerance test in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 585-588

  Tulandi, Togas ^a   Saleh, Ahmed ^a   Morris, David ^a   Jacobs, Howard S ^b   Payne, Nadia N ^b   Tan, Seang Lin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulin; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy ovarian drilling; OGTT; PCOS; VEGF

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESPONSE; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033825480     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00684-1     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Donesky B.W., Adashi E.Y. Surgically induced ovulation in the polycystic ovary syndrome wedge resection revisited in the age of laparoscopy . Fertil Steril. 63:1995;439-463.
2. Lobo R.A., Paul L., Granger L. Clomiphene and dexamethasone in women unresponsive to clomiphene alone. Obstet Gynecol. 60:1982;497-501.
3. Tan S.L., Farhi J., Homburg R., Jacobs H.S. Induction of ovulation in clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome with pulsatile GnRH. Obstet Gynecol. 88:1996;221-226.
4. Li T.C., Saravelos H., Chow M.S., Chisabingo R., Cooke I.D. Factors affecting the outcome of laparoscopic ovarian drilling for polycystic ovarian syndrome in women with anovulatory infertility. Br J Obstet Gynecol. 105:1998;338-344.
5. Farhi J., Soules S., Jacobs H.S. Effect of laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery on ovarian response and outcome of treatment with gonadotropins in clomiphene citrate-resistant patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril. 64:1995;930-935.
6. Gjonnaes H. Ovarian electrocautery in the treatment of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Factors affecting the results. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 73:1994;407-412.
7. Naether O.G.J., Fisher R., Weise H.C., Geiger-Kotzler L., Delfs T., Rudolf K. Laparoscopic electrocoagulation of the ovarian surface in infertile patients with polycystic ovarian disease. Fertil Steril. 60:1993;88-94.
8. Tulandi T., Watkin K., Tan S.L. Reproductive performance and three dimensional ultrasound volume determination of polycystic ovaries following laparoscopic ovarian drilling. Int J Fertil. 42:1997;436-440.
9. Agrawal R., Sladkevicius P., Engmann L., Conway G.S., Payne N.N., Bekis J., Tan S.L., Campbell S., Jacobs H.S. Serum vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations and ovarian stromal blood flow are increased in women with polycystic ovaries. Human Reprod. 13:1998;651-655.
10. Gordon J.D., Mesiano S., Zaloudek C.J., Jaffe R.B. Vascular endothelial growth factor localization in human ovary and fallopian tubes. Possible role in human reproduction and ovarian cyst formation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 81:1996;353-359.
11. Kamat B.R., Brown L.F., Manseau E.J., Senger D.R., Dvorak H.F. Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor vascular permeability factor by human granulosa and theca lutein cells. Role in corpus luteum development. Am J Pathol. 146:1995;157-165.
12. Goalstone M.L., Natarayan R., Stanldley P.R., Walsh M.F., Leitner J.W., Scott C.K., et al. Insulin potentiates platelet-derived growth factor action in vascular smooth muscle cells. Endocrinology. 139:1998;4067-4072.
13. Lu M., Amano S., Miyamoto K., Garland R., Keogh K., Qin W., Adamis A.P. Insulin-induced vascular endothelial growth factor expression in retina. Investigative Ophthal Visual Science. 40:1999;3281-3286.
14. Adams J., Franks S., Polson D.W., Mason H.D., AbdelWahid N.A., Tucker M., Morris D.V., Price J., Jacobs H.S. Multifollicular ovaries clinical and endocrine features and response to pulsatile gonadotrophin releasing hormone . Lancet. 2:1985;1375-1378.
15. Felemban A., Tan S.L., Tulandi T. Laparoscopic treatment of polycystic ovaries with insulated needle cautery a reappraisal . Fertil Steril. 73:2000;266-269.
16. Tulandi T. Laparoscopic treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome. In: Atlas of Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Techniques for Gynecologists (Ed. T. Tulandi). WB Saunders, London, pp 93-5,1999.
17. Al-Took S., Watkin K., Tulandi T., Tan S.L. Ovarian stromal echogenicity in women with clomiphene citrate sensitive and resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome. Fertil Steril. 71:1999;952-954.
18. Lemieux S., Lewis G.F., Ben-Chetrit A., Steiner G., Greenblat E.M. Correction of hyperandrogenemia by laparoscopic ovarian cautery in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome is not accompanied by improved insulin sensitivity or lipid-lipoprotein levels. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 84:1999;4278-4282.