BACKGROUND To investigate the impact of previous ovarian surgery on ovarian reserve in patients with endometriosis. METHODS A total of 829 female patients were recruited. Their medical records were reviewed retrospectively. Patients who had diagnoses of endometriosis or endometrioma were defined as the endometriosis group, and those without endometriosis were as the control group. We further ...

BACKGROUND To assess the impact of ovarian cystectomy for endometriomas on the ovarian reserve, we evaluated the pre- and post-operative levels of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH). We also analyzed the correlations between factors related to endometriosis and surgery for endometriomas and the serum AMH levels to investigate which factors affect ovarian reserve. METHODS Thirty-eight patients w...

This study aims to evaluate the recurrence of ovarian endometriosis for up to 12 months in the 3 groups. The conclusion of our study is that post-operative COCs use after surgery appear to reduce the recurrence of endometrioma (OR=0,58, CI=95%, 0,23-1,42).

Aim To clarify the effects of small endometriomas on in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. In the present study, the potential impact of small ovarian endometriomas on the quantitative and qualitative outcomes of IVF was evaluated in the same individual. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed, in which 118 infertile women with unilateral endometriomas that were <40 mm in size and who...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of prior unilateral or bilateral endometrioma cystectomy on controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. PATIENT(S) Fifty-seven consecutive infertile patients wer...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of post-operative oral contraceptives (OCs) use on the rate of recurrence after laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometrioma. METHODS In May 2005, we introduced a 'post-operative OC recommendation' for patients treated with laparoscopic excision of endometrioma. That is, at the time of the operation, we provided each patient with in...

BACKGROUND Serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration has been used to assess ovarian reserve in patients with endometriosis, especially when endometrioma surgery is involved. Previously, we reported that decreased serum AMH levels after cystectomy for endometriomas can recover to preoperative levels in some cases. In this present study, we assessed the sequential changes in serum AMH lev...

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: endometriosis is a complex disease with a spectrum of pain symptoms from mild dysmenorrhea to debilitating pelvic pain. there is no concrete evidence in the literature whether endometriotic cyst per se, causes pain spectrum related to the disease. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of surgical removal of endometriomas on pain symptoms. materials and methods: in ...

INTRODUCTION Endometrioma is a common form of endometriosis and it is represented by endometriotic deposits within the ovaries which accounts for upto 17-44% of cases. Laparoscopic stripping of ovarian endometriotic cysts is an accepted technique owing to low recurrence rates. Decrease in residual ovarian tissue volume was noted in many studies followed cystectomy. This study aims at estimating...