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6858626

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-nine consecutive patients with polycystic ovary (PCO) syndrome (defined as hirsutism plus oligomenorrhea or secondary amenorrhea, and excluding Cushing's syndrome, an androgen-secreting adrenal or ovarian tumor or adrenocortical hyperplasia) were treated with ovarian wedge resection leaving normal-sized ovaries. Long-term follow-up from 2.3-9.5 years (mean 5.7 years) showed that 26 of 29 patients (90%) had established normal menstrual cycles. Fertility and normal pregnancies were achieved in all 10 patients (100%) with normal postoperative menstrual cycles who desired to conceive, but not in the 3 patients with remaining postoperative oligomenorrhea. Eight of 9 patients who were obese preoperatively and who had normal postoperative menstrual cycles showed a major weight loss after wedge resection. In contrast, none of the preoperatively obese patients, who remained oligomenorrheic after surgery, lost weight. Hirsutism was not cured by wedge resection. It is concluded that ovarian wedge resection should still be considered useful in patients with PCO.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6349
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term clinical effects of ovarian wedge resection in polycystic ovarian syndrome.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article