The use of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog and transdermal estrogen to preserve fertility in a woman with severe menorrhagia

Abstract

Severe menorrhagia that cannot be surgically or medically controlled may require hysterectomy. We report a case where hysterectomy was not acceptable because of a desire to maintain potential fertility. She demonstrated that the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRh) analogs, plus transdermal estrogen and oral progestagin solved her specific problems