Table 1 The characteristics of 60 women with polycystic ovary syndrome, who had office microlaparoscopic ovarian drilling for anovulatory infertility (the study group) and 60 anovulatory PCOS women who had undergone conventional LOD (the comparison group)
Characteristic | Cases group | Comparison group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range | |
Age at follow-up (years) | 33.3 ± 4.4 | 21–45 | 32.2 ± 4.9 | 20–44 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.7 ± 4.9 | 19–4 | 29.9 ± 7.9 | 18–45 |
Duration of infertility (years) | 3.1 ± 2.1 | 1–12 | 1.8 ± 1.8 | 1–10 |
Serum LH (TU/l) | 14.4 ± 7.5 | 1.8–49.0 | 13.0 ± 6.2 | 4.9–31.0 |
Serum FSH (TU/l) | 5.4 ± 1.5 | 1.2–10.4 | 5.0 ± 1.6 | 2.6–10.0 |
Serum LH/FSH ratio | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 0.4–5.7 | 2.6 ± 1.4 | 0.8–7.3 |
Serum testosterone (nmol/l) | 2.6 ± 1.3 | 0.8–6.1 | 3.2 ± 1.2 | 0.8–6.6 |
Serum androstenedione (TU/l) | 9.8 ± 4.0 | 1.7–27 | 11.0 ± 3.9 | 2.5–19.0 |
Free androgen index | 8.6 ± 8.2 | 1.0–36.9 | 11.3 ± 7.3 | 3.6–28.0 |
Ovarian volume (ml) | 11.0 ± 3.7 | 4.3–20.0 | 11.5 ± 5.2 | 5.8–19.5 |