Clinical Characteristics of Women with Infertility and Surgeries on the Ovaries in Past Medical History
Objective of the study: тo evaluate the clinical status of women with infertility and surgery on the ovaries in past medical history. Materials and Methods. There were examined 152 women of active reproductive age with past medical history of surgery on the ovaries that applied for the treatment of infertility: 62 women after bilateral resection of the ovaries due to ineffective treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome; 90 — with unilateral operations on the ovaries due to cysts or cystomas, and as control — 35 patients who were operated for tubal-peritoneal infertility. Results. The study revealed differences between the surveyed women of study group in gynecological and obstetric anamnesis, frequency of thyroid pathology and characteristics of the menstrual cycle, as well as the length of time elapsed since surgery. Patients with operations due to polycystic ovary syndrome had significantly higher body weight and body mass index (p < 0.05); the latter indicated on the presence of the obesity in these patients, while other patients had the normal body weight. Conclusion: observed differences are the result of pathology, which have patients, and it would also affect the outcome of infertility treatment, not only the presence of surgery on the ovaries itself.