| Abstract: | One group of 21 and one group of 22 anovulatory women with polycystic ovaries (PCO) underwent induction of ovulation with human urinary follicle stimulating hormone (HU-FSH)/human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG)/HCG, respectively. No statistically significant differences in ovulation rate were found between patients treated with HU-FSH (95.2%) and those treated with HMG (100%). Eight (38.1%) and 11 (50.0%) patients conceived, six (28.5%) and eight (36.3%) delivered, and two (9.5%) and three (13.6%) aborted with HU-FSH and HMG, respectively. No multiple pregnancies occurred. Serum 17 beta-estradiol (E2) levels and the number of maturing follicles prior to HCG injection were significantly higher with HU-FSH than HMG, while there were no differences in the diameter of the dominant follicle before HCG. Ovarian hyperstimulations were discovered more frequently after HU-FSH/HCG (40%) than HMG/HCG treatments (22.2%). These data do not confirm an effective advantage in the use of HU-FSH in ovulation induction in cases of PCO. |
