BACKGROUND The role of ovarian reserve markers as predictors of the controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) response in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in women with endometriosis has been much debated. The aim of the present study is to assess the predictability of ovarian reserve markers for the number of mature oocytes (MII) retrieved and to assess the pregnancy rate and live bir...

Endometriosis as a common hormone-dependent gynecologic disease is seen in 10-15% of women of reproductive age. On the other hand, 20-50% of women with infertility have endometriosis and 30-50% women with endometrioma are infertile. One of severe form of endometriosis is endometrioma. Surgery is considered as essential treatment for endometrioma with the recurrence rate of 10%. Many researches ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of surgical treatment of endometrioma on pregnancy rate and ovarian response to gonadotrophin stimulation in women undergoing IVF. DESIGN A systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING Tertiary referral center for reproductive medicine. PATIENT(S) Subfertile women with endometrioma undergoing IVF. INTERVENTION(S) Surgical removal of endometrioma or ex...

Objective: To explore the effect of INF α2b on oxygen consumption of endometrioma cells in culture. Design: Oxygen consumption is evaluated by the use of phosphorimeter, which measures oxygen concentration in solution. Patients: A sample of endometrioma from patients who had undergone surgery for such disease, was cultured to develop cell lines for this study. Results: INF α-2b (at 4,000 units/...

Background: Endometrioma is a common cause of gynecologic morbidity and the most common benign ovarian cysts are found at surgery. One of the most troubling aspects of treating endometrioma with laparoscopic excision is disease recurrence after surgery. Present study was conducted to evaluate risk factors for the recurrence of endometrioma after first laparoscopic excision. Materials and Method...

decidualized ovarian endometrioma is a rare phenomenon in pregnancy, which can mimic ovarian malignancy in imaging and often poses a diagnostic challenge. we report a case of a large ruptured decidualized ovarian endometrioma in a 15 weeks gestation patient, and we will describe the imaging characteristics (ultrasonography and mr imaging findings) and the histopathological findings (macro- and ...

AIM To evaluate the effect of laparoscopic treatment of unilateral ovarian endometrioma on ovarian reserve using ultrasonographic markers, ovarian volume and antral follicle count (AFC), and two biochemical markers, serum levels of Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and Estradiol (E2). MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective study included 40 patients in their reproductive age, between 18 and 4...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate ovarian tissue inadvertently excised with benign cysts during laparotomy or laparoscopy. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Private and university hospitals. PATIENT(S) 260 women, 20 to 35 years old, with unilateral benign ovarian cysts. INTERVENTION(S) One hundred fifty women operated by laparoscopic cystectomy stripping technique, and 110 women operated by laparot...

Endometriosis is characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue, which responds to ovarian stimulation. Endometrioma is the term given to extra-pelvic endometriosis that forms a discrete mass surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. We present a retrospective review of five patients diagnosed with abdominal wall endometrioma in our institution within the last three years. We review symptoms, dia...