Delayed puberty is the cause of much distress to adolescents and with modern techniques it is possible to arrive at a therapy-orientated diagnosis in the majority of instances. A relatively wide choice of therapeutic interventions is now available and may be employed, even in endocrinologically normal patients, if the situation warrants. In such patients, ther duration of therapy is very short. In patients with pathological causes of delayed puberty, the aim must be to reproduce the normal pubertal changes over the normal span of time and large doses of sex steroids should not be used early in the induction of puberty.
青春期延迟给青少年带来诸多困扰，借助现代技术，在大多数情况下能够得出以治疗为导向的诊断结果。如今有相对广泛的治疗干预措施可供选择，并且如果情况需要，即便在内分泌功能正常的患者中也可采用。对于这类患者，治疗持续时间非常短。对于青春期延迟存在病理原因的患者，目标必须是在正常时间范围内重现正常的青春期变化，且在青春期诱导初期不应使用大剂量的性激素。
