Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Anna Wilczynska
Miedzyleski Hospital,
Warsaw
Poland
Research Article
Hydrolaparoscopy - as an Alternative Method after a Failure of the Pharmacological Therapy for PCOS Induced Infertility
Author(s): Wojciech Pieta, Anna Wilczynska and StanisÅaw RadowickiWojciech Pieta, Anna Wilczynska and Stanisław Radowicki
Objectives: To evaluate the effectivness of hydrolaparoscopy among infertile women with a Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) resistant to clomephine.
Design: Retrospective study including eighteen women with a resistant to clomiphene PCOS induced infertility who underwent hydrolaparoscopy including ovarian drilling with bipolar probe, hysteroscopy and chromopertubation.
Material and methods: Mean age was 31.4 (6.5) years (95% CI: 28-34.6) and mean body mass index 26.6 (6.9) kg/m2 (95% CI: 22.3-30.6). Laparoscopic conversion was required in 3 cases (16.6%) due to a failure of entering Douglas cavity.
Results: Seventeen women (94%) had a positive chromopertubation and 2 women had uterine anomaly (n=1 T-shaped uterine cavity, n=1 endometrial polyp). Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopic ovarian drilling (TH.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000222