OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of endometriosis on the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study which enrolled 1280 consecutive cycles of 834 couples of ICSI with ejaculate…
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether insulinlike growth factor I (IGF I), IGF II and IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP 3) in serum and peritoneal fluid (PF) correlate with the presence and severity of endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Case-control study in…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the extent of adhesion formation after laparoscopic removal of endometriomas. DESIGN: Prospective case series. SETTING: A university hospital. PATIENTS: Nineteen infertile women with ovarian endometriomas. I…
Unilateral or bilateral cystectomy for endometriomas was performed in 90 infertile women. Using a multipuncture technique, a cortical incision was made on the medial aspect of the ovary with sharp-tipped unipolar coagulation. Cystectomy was…
Despite widespread use of operative laparoscopy for removal of endometriomata, there are inadequate data regarding subsequent adhesion formation. We performed second look laparoscopy (SLL) within 6 months of laparoscopic endometriosis cyste…