{"paper_id":"8c81b892-d5f7-4464-acd9-a22aa896c460","body_text":"Abstract\nThe controversy surrounding the optimal treatment of women with endometriosis is not simply a battle between the endocrinologist [11] and the surgeon; it is also the dilemma of choosing between expectant management and any active treatment [13–15]. Since Sampson first described endometriosis as a unique entity in 1921 [16], the most common locations of this disease have remained the surfaces of the most dependent intra-abdominal structures in the upright woman. The lesions are diagnosed according to various classification systems [1–3, 12].\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nAcosta AA, Buttram CJ jr, Besch PK (1973) A proposed classification of pelvic endometriosis. Obstet Gynecol 42:19.\nAmerican Fertility Society (1979) Classification of endometriosis. Fertil Steril 32:633.\nAmerican Fertility Society (1985) Revised American Fertility Society classification of endometriosis. Fertil Steril 43:351.\nBarbieri RL, Canick JA, Makris A (1977) Danazol inhibits steroidogenesis. Fertil Steril 28:809.\nDe Vogelaer JP, Nagant de Deuxchaisnes C, Donnez J, Thomas K (1987) LH-RH analogues and bone loss. Lancet 4:1498.\nDmowski WP, Cohen MR (1975) Treatment of endometriosis with an antigo-nadotropin, danazol: a laparoscopic and histologic evaluation. Obstet Gynecol 46:147.\nDonnez J (1987) CO2 laser laparoscopy in infertile women with adhesions or endometriosis. Fertil Steril 48:390.\nDonnez J, Lemaire M, Karaman Y, Nisolle-Pochet M, Casanas-Roux F (1987) Combined (hormonal and microsurgical) therapy in infertile women with endometriosis. Fertil Steril 48:239.\nGordts S, Boeckx W, Brosens I (1984) Microsurgery of endometriosis in infertile patients. Fertil Steril 42:520.\nKelly RW, Roberts DK (1983) CO2 laser laparoscopy: a potential alternative to danazol in the treatment of stage-I and stage-II endometriosis. J Reprod Med 28:638.\nKistner RW (1966) Current status of the hormonal treatment of endometriosis. Clin Obstet Gynecol 9:271.\nKistner RW, Siegler AM, Behrman SJ (1977) Suggested classification for endometriosis: relationship to infertility. Fertil Steril 28:1008.\nOlive DL, Haney AF (1987) Endometrio-sis-associated infertility. A critical review of therapeutic approaches. Obstet Gynecol Surv 41:538\nOlive DL, Stohs GF, Metzger DA (1985) Expectant management and hydrotuba-tions in the treatment of endometriosis associated with infertility. Fertil Steril 44:35\nPortuondo JA, Echanojauregui AD, Herran C (1983) Early conception in patients with untreated mild endometriosis. Fertil Steril 39:22.\nSampson JA (1921) Perforating hemorrhagic (chocolate) cysts of the ovary: their importance and especially their relation to pelvic adenomas of endometrial type. Arch Surg 3:245.\nSeibel MM, Berber MJ, Weinstein FG (1982) The effectiveness of danazol on subsequent fertility in minimal endometriosis. Fertil Steril 38:534.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1992 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nDonnez, J., Nisolle, M. (1992). Endometriosis Associated with Infertility: Therapeutic Approaches. In: Bastert, G., Wallwiener, D. (eds) Lasers in Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45683-1_18\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45683-1_18\nPublisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg\nPrint ISBN: 978-3-642-45685-5\nOnline ISBN: 978-3-642-45683-1\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}