Could transvaginal, ultrasound-guided ovarian interstitial laser treatment replace laparoscopic ovarian drilling in women with polycystic ovary syndrome resistant to clomiphene citrate?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2039-2040

  Api, Murat ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC OVARIAN DRILLING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; OVARIAN BLEEDING; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

CLOMIPHENE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VAGINA;

EID: 70749113617     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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