The Surgical Approach for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) affects one in five women in the reproductive age. Young ladies who are not married or not seeking pregnancy have been treated successfully with the combined oral contraceptives. However, once pregnancy is desired, these women are usually faced with sub-fertility due to anovulation. This problem is usually by passed by ovulation induction with or without assisted reproductive technologies. On the other hand, the surgical approach for PCOS patient seems not only logic to free the woman from the causative factor of her infertility which is the polycystic ovaries, but it is also associated with better reproductive outcome when compared to other options.