INFLUENCE OF PREVIOUS BILATERAL PARTIAL TUBAL RESECTION ON SYMPTOMS, HORMONES, LIPIDS, AND BONE-DENSITY IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

The late effect of bilateral partial tubal resection (BPTR) on symptom s, hormone and lipid levels, and bone density in postmenopausal women was analyzed. Thirty-six postmenopausal women in whom BPTR was accompl ished were studied; they were matched by age with a group without BPTR . They were subdivided according to time since BPTR into two groups: l ess than or equal to 15 years and >15 years since the procedure. In bo th groups, the patients' general data were analyzed as well as the fre quency of climacteric symptoms; serum levels of follicule-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol, total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, and triglyc erides; and bone density in lumbar spine, femoral neck, Ward's triangl e, and trochanter. The statistical analysis was done for the symptoms with chi-squared and for the rest of variables with Student's t-test. When comparing the groups, no differences were found in analyzed param eters; only hot flashes and sweating associated with hot flashes were frequently found in the BPTR group when the analysis was done in the g roup without any division. With the groups subdivided, hot flashes wer e found more frequently in the group for whom it had been more than 15 years since the BPTR procedure. The BPTR did not influence hormone an d lipid levels or bone density. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Inc. All rig hts reserved.