{"paper_id":"7e6748b0-0991-4fa9-8c42-07395bb7ce81","body_text":"Original article\nRetrospective Study of Pregnancy Outcome after Laparoscopic Surgery for Infertile Women with Endometriosis\n2012 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 677-681\nDetails\nAbstract\nObjective: To examine the factors that affect achieving a pregnancy following laparoscopic surgery for infertile women with endometriosis.\nDesign: Retrospective study\nSetting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Prefectual Central Hospital\nPatients: A total of 33 infertile women with endometriosis underwent laparoscopic surgery.\nMain Outcome Measures: We compared a number of pertinent factors between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Statistical analyses were performed using Fisher's exact test and the Student's t-test. All results were considered statistically significant at P < 0.05.\nResults: Of 33 women who underwent laparoscopic surgery, 22 achieved a pregnancy. Among those 22 pregnant women, 14 women were pregnant within one year after laparoscopic surgery. No significant differences were found between pregnant and non-pregnant women regarding age, size of endometriomas, adhesion score, peritubal adhesions, periovarian adhesions, or posterior cul-de-sac obliteration. The pregnancy rate for women with a peritoneal lesion score of 6 points was significantly lower than that of women with a peritoneal lesion score of 0-2 points.\nConclusions: We are of the opinion that the peritoneal lesion score directly correlates with endometriosis-associated infertility. Furthermore, laparoscopic surgery is useful for the treatment of women with to endometriosis-associated infertility.\nDesign: Retrospective study\nSetting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Prefectual Central Hospital\nPatients: A total of 33 infertile women with endometriosis underwent laparoscopic surgery.\nMain Outcome Measures: We compared a number of pertinent factors between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Statistical analyses were performed using Fisher's exact test and the Student's t-test. All results were considered statistically significant at P < 0.05.\nResults: Of 33 women who underwent laparoscopic surgery, 22 achieved a pregnancy. Among those 22 pregnant women, 14 women were pregnant within one year after laparoscopic surgery. No significant differences were found between pregnant and non-pregnant women regarding age, size of endometriomas, adhesion score, peritubal adhesions, periovarian adhesions, or posterior cul-de-sac obliteration. The pregnancy rate for women with a peritoneal lesion score of 6 points was significantly lower than that of women with a peritoneal lesion score of 0-2 points.\nConclusions: We are of the opinion that the peritoneal lesion score directly correlates with endometriosis-associated infertility. Furthermore, laparoscopic surgery is useful for the treatment of women with to endometriosis-associated infertility.\n© 2012 Japan Society of Gynecologic and Obstetric Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Therapy\nFavorites & Alerts\nRecently viewed articles","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}