Cancer

Internal medicine

Urology

Surgery

Antral follicle

Cystectomy

Ovarian reserve

Infertility

Group B

Ovary

Anti-Müllerian hormone

Pregnancy

Laparoscopy

Bladder cancer

Cyst

Group A

Dermoid cyst

Gynecology

Genetics

Hormone

Medicine

Biology

Journal of Turkish Society of Obstetric and Gynecology

To compare the effects of laparoscopic cystectomy on ovarian reserve between women with endometrioma and dermoid cyst.Thirty-six patients were diagnosed as having endometrioma (group A) and 32 patients with dermoid cyst (group B) using ultrasonography. Preoperative anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) levels were measured and unilateral antral follicle counts (AFC) were calculated for the ovary side containing the cyst. Laparoscopic cystectomy was performed using the stripping technique for all participants. After 3 months, all participants were re-evaluated between the third and sixth day of their menstrual cycle to determine AFC and AMH levels.The mean serum preoperative AMH level and AFC level were significantly lower in group A than in group B (p=0.001, p=0.002), respectively. At 3 months after the surgery, serum AMH levels decreased significantly in group A from 2.04±0.68 to 1.47±0.55 (p=0.001), and from 2.60±0.57 to 2.17±0.56 in group B (p=0.001). In group A, unilateral (operated side) AFC levels decreased significantly from 4.05±1.24 to 2.16±0.94 (p=0.001), and in group B, it decreased significantly from 4.93±0.94 to 3.40±0.87 (p=0.001). The decrease in AMH levels was significantly higher in group A than in group B (p=0.033). The decrease in AFC levels was also significantly higher in group A than in group B (p=0.044).Laparoscopic stripping has destructive effects on serum AMH levels and the operated side AFC levels after surgery for patients with endometrioma and dermoid cysts, and laparoscopic excision of endometrioma has more destructive effects on ovarian reserve than dermoid cysts.

Effects of laparoscopic cystectomy on ovarian reserve in patients with endometrioma and dermoid cyst