Three decades after Gjönnaess's laparoscopic ovarian drilling for treatment of PCOS; What do we know? An evidence-based approach

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 409-422

  Abu Hashim, Hatem ^a   Al Inany, Hesham ^b   De Vos, Michel ^c   Tournaye, Herman ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic ovarian diathermy; Laparoscopic ovarian drilling; Laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery; Laparoscopic surgery; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LETROZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC OVARIAN DRILLING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTION; SAFETY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84880767877     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-013-2808-x     Document Type: Article

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