GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE ANALOGS IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOMAS

被引:15
作者
SCHENKEN, RS
机构
[1] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, TX
关键词
Buserelin; endometriomas; endometriosis; nafarelin; ovarian cysts;
D O I
10.1016/0002-9378(90)90435-A
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
A limited number of small studies have assessed the efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists in the treatment of ovarian endometriomas. Most of these trials have not used quantitative measurements to evaluate the effects of therapy on disease resolution. The results available thus far suggest that nafarelin, buserelin, and histrelin offer modest degrees of efficacy, similar to that of danazol, in the management of patients with ovarian endometriotic cysts. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists appear to be most efficacious when endometriomas are < 1 cm in size. © 1990.
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