ReviewFrontiers in surgery2015
Ovarian Drilling in PCOS: Is it Really Useful?
Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Narrative Review of Recent Insights on Nerve Growth Factor Signaling in Physiological and Pathological Ovarian Processes in Mammals.Biomolecules · 2026Review
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- Enhancing angiogenesis and inhibiting apoptosis: evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in a DHEA-induced PCOS mouse model.Journal of ovarian research · 2024Article
- Is There Still a Place for Surgery in Patients with PCOS? A Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Intraovarian injection of platelet-rich plasma in assisted reproduction: too much too soon?Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- Resistance to the Insulin and Elevated Level of Androgen: A Major Cause of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
- Molecular Mechanisms of Laparoscopic Ovarian Drilling and Its Therapeutic Effects in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
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- Analysis of 24 cases of polycystic ovary syndrome after failed controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2019Article
- Neurotrophins and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the ovary: physiological and pathophysiological implications.Human reproduction update · 2019Review
- Polycystic ovary syndrome throughout a woman's life.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2018Review
- Primum Non Nocere.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2016Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a frequent disorder, affecting approximately 5-10% of infertile women. It can represent more than 80% of cases of infertility due to anovulation. The main goal of treatment is the induction of mono-ovulatory cycles. A pragmatic management of infertility in PCOS will allow most patients to conceive. Weight loss and clomiphene citrate (CC) are the first-line components of patients treatment before gonadotrophins are used. However, during gonadotrophin administration, there is a high risk of ovarian hyper-stimulation and multiple pregnancies. So, surgery with laparoscopic ovarian drilling is often used before gonadotrophins in order to obtain normal ovulatory cycles.
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