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- Title
Comparison of the effects of bilateral and unilateral laparoscopic ovarian drilling on pregnancy rates in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Authors
Turgut, Gokce D.; Mulayim, Baris; Karadag, Ceyda; Karadag, Burak; Tatar, Sezin A.; Yuksel, Burcu A.
- Abstract
Aim: This study aims to investigate the effects of unilateral and bilateral laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) on pregnancy rates in patients with clomiphene citrate (CC) resistant infertile polycystic ovary syndrome. Methods: This prospective cohort study included 75 patients who were admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Antalya Training and Research Hospital between July 2016 and December 2017 and underwent LOD operation. Among these patients, 37 underwent unilateral laparoscopic ovarian drilling (ULOD) and 38 underwent bilateral laparoscopic ovarian drilling (BLOD). The drilling procedure was carried out using the following equation: Number of punctures (np) = 60 J/cm3/30 watt × 4 s by selecting the larger ovary in the patients who underwent ULOD and by taking the ovarian volume of each ovary in the BLOD group. Results: During the 1‐year follow‐up, 20 of the ULOD patients (54.1%) and 13 of the BLOD patients (34.2%) were observed to be pregnant. Although a higher number of pregnancies were obtained in the ULOD group, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups (P = 0.083). The pregnancies occurred more in the first 6 months during the postoperative follow‐ups of the patients. A total of 14 (70%) of the 20 pregnancies in the ULOD group and 9 (69.2%) of the 13 pregnancies in the BLOD group occurred in the first 6 months. Conclusion: ULOD with respect to a larger ovarian volume should be preferred to BLOD for CC‐resistant PCOS patients because of the high pregnancy rates and fewer potential side effects.
- Subjects
DRUG resistance; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LONGITUDINAL method; INDUCED ovulation; POSTOPERATIVE care; PREGNANCY; POLYCYSTIC ovary syndrome; OPERATIVE surgery; CLOMIPHENE; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2021, Vol 47, Issue 2, p778
- ISSN
1341-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jog.14610