Oral contraceptives in the prevention of endometrioma recurrence: does the different progestins used make a difference?
The current data suggest the usefulness of long-term OCs regimen after conservative surgery for the prevention of ovarian endometrioma recurrence. As a statistical significant difference could not be observed between OCs groups, further study on the individual molecules is required in order to really understand the effect of each of them.
Endogenous ovarian sex steroids are responsible for sexual dimorphism in VLDL-TG secretion, whereas VLDL-apoB-100 secretion is not regulated by female reproductive hormones.