BACKGROUND To analyse risk factors that influence the recurrence of endometrioma after laparoscopic excision. METHODS A total of 224 patients who had a minimum of 2 years of post-operative follow-up after laparoscopic ovarian endometrioma excision were studied retrospectively. Recurrence was defined as the presence of endometrioma more than 2 cm in size, detected by ultrasonography within 2 y...

BACKGROUND The effect of endometriosis on obstetric outcomes is still ambiguous. The aim of our study was to determine the association between endometriosis and adverse obstetric outcomes in a cohort of Chinese women. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was undertaken to compare obstetric outcomes between 249 women with endometriosis and 249 women without endometriosis. All women were nullip...

Orally active aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have gained attention for treatment of infertile women with endometriosis in whom aromatase p450 is aberrantly expressed. This review aimed to critically appraise and summarize the available evidence concerning the use of AIs for management of endometriosis-associated infertility. PubMed was searched to May 2015 with the following key words: endometriosi...

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the course pregnancy in women with and without endometriosis for obstetric complications. Material Methods: Patients applied İstanbul University-Cerrahpasa were included case group, 49 patients control evaluated retrospectively. Early late complications recorded. P0.05). rate cesarean delivery was 55.1% group 61.0% (p>0.05). Postpartum uterine aton...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a common disease. The most widely used staging system of endometriosis is the revised American Fertility Society classification (r-AFS classification) which has limited predictive ability for pregnancy after surgery. The endometriosis fertility index (EFI) is used to predict fecundity after endometriosis surgery. This diagnostic accuracy study was designed to compare...

1. Sorrentino F, Padova DE, Falagario M, et al. Endometriosis and adverse pregnancy outcome. Minerva Obstet Gynecol. 2022;74(1):31–44.10.23736/S2724-606X.20.04718-8. Google Scholar

STUDY QUESTION What are the recurrence and pregnancy rates in women managed for ovarian endometrioma by ablation using plasma energy with and without associated surgery for colorectal endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER Concomitant management of colorectal endometriosis does not impact either risk of recurrences or probability of pregnancy in women managed for endometrioma ablation using plasma ene...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Obese and overweight women experience a lower probability for pregnancy after IVF. However, despite the increasing prevalence of obesity, the large majority of infertile women are non-obese. One of the most common indications for IVF is endometriosis. Thought-provoking inverse correlation has been established between BMI and endometriosis. Lower BMI is a risk factor for developm...