Aetiology of infertility in patients with endometriosis

In: Diagnosis and Management of Tubo-Uterine Factors in Infertility · 1984 · pp. 85–86 · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-7621-7_17 · W132689292
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This study evaluated ovulatory dysfunction and peritoneal fluid prostaglandins as contributing factors to infertility in patients with mild and moderate endometriosis.

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This chapter discusses the variable causes of infertility in women with endometriosis, estimating that 6–15% of infertile women have the condition. It evaluates two proposed contributors—pelvic adhesions causing mechanical dysfunction in ovum pick-up in severe endometriosis, and multifactorial infertility in mild to moderate disease potentially involving ovulatory dysfunction and prostaglandin-related effects in peritoneal fluid. The key focus is an attempt to assess ovulatory dysfunction and peritoneal fluid prostaglandin factors as contributory mechanisms, with the caveat that infertility in mild and moderate endometriosis remains insufficiently understood. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it reviews and evaluates mechanisms (ovulatory dysfunction, peritoneal prostaglandins, and adhesions) underlying infertility in endometriosis patients.

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