Pregnancy Complications Associated with Endometriosis

Ivo Brosens, Giuseppe Benagiano
In: Endometriosis · 2014 · pp. 445–456 · doi:10.1007/978-4-431-54421-0_28 · W373839750
book-chapter OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 1 in-corpus citation
Limited metadata. Only one source feed has indexed this record so far — no abstract, full text, or open-access copy is available through Endo Lab. The publisher's page (linked below) is the canonical location for the actual content. If you have institutional access, use "Find at my library".
View at publisher → View on OpenAlex
⚙ AI-generated summary by claude@2026-06+body, 2026-06-07 ⓘ

Pregnancy in women with endometriosis may be complicated by spontaneous hemoperitoneum, placenta previa, postpartum hemorrhage, and potentially preterm birth and SGA, with possible defective spiral artery remodeling playing a role.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

⚙ AI-generated deep summary by claude@2026-06, 2026-06-07 ⓘ

This paper reviews how endometriosis affects fertility and pregnancy, drawing on studies of natural conception and assisted reproduction, including IVF outcomes and obstetric complications. It reports that in both peritoneal and ovarian endometriosis there are adverse effects on ovulation rates, ovarian reserve markers, and ovarian stimulation response (with some improvement using intracytoplasmic sperm injection), and that when pregnancy occurs it may be complicated by spontaneous hemoperitoneum, placenta previa, and postpartum hemorrhage, while evidence for preeclampsia, small for gestational age, and preterm birth is mixed across cohorts. Limitations explicitly highlighted include inconsistent findings among studies regarding several pregnancy outcomes and an ongoing uncertainty about underlying mechanisms. Relevance to endometriosis: the paper is specifically about endometriosis-associated pregnancy complications, including infertility, risk of preterm birth and placenta-related outcomes, and proposes vascular remodeling abnormalities in endometriosis (and adenomyosis) as part of the pathophysiology.

Read from the paper's body, not the abstract. Not a substitute for reading the paper. No clinical advice. How this works

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosis

Citation neighborhood

Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.

References (66)

Cited by (1)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
unpaywall
last seen: 2026-06-22T06:34:40.717867+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK