Peritoneal endometriosis in women requesting reversal of sterilization

Dodge ST, S. Dodge, S T Dodge, Pumphrey RS, Robert S. Pumphrey, R S Pumphrey, Miyazawa K, K Miyazawa, Kunio Miyazawa
Fertility and sterility · 1986 · vol. 45(6) , pp. 774–777 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)49391-x · PMID:3709826 · W2272888300
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This paper investigated the prevalence and characteristics of peritoneal endometriosis in women undergoing reversal of sterilization procedures.

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Seventy-six women requesting reversal of sterilization underwent at least 1 operative procedure during a 27-month period, and 14 (18.4%) were found to have pelvic endometriosis. The endometriosis patients were noted to have had significantly fewer pregnancies (1.8 versus 2.9, P less than 0.01) before sterilization than those without endometriosis, but the two groups did not differ significantly in mean age (30.8 versus 30.3 years), type of sterilization or in mean number of years since sterilization (5.0 versus 5.5 years). In only two individuals were proximal tubal segment fistulas found at the time of reversal, and neither had endometriosis. We conclude that pelvic endometriosis is more common in patients with bilateral tubal occlusion than previously suspected and that its presence indicates that endometriosis implants can persist for prolonged periods of time, can give rise to new implants, or do not require the tubal reflux of menstrual debris to form.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Peritoneal Neoplasms Sterilization Reversal Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Peritoneal Neoplasms Peritoneal Neoplasms Pregnancy Sterilization, Tubal Sterilization, Tubal Time Factors

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