Clinical outcomes following surgical management of deep infiltrating endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study
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Abstract Objectives: The main aim of the study was to evaluate severe post-operative complications following deep endometriosis surgery in a tertiary referral centre.Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study that included women who had surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis between 1 st January 2013 and 31st December 2019. Endometriosis was diagnosed based on clinical, imaging and histological parameters. We evaluated the rates of post-operative complications, potential risk factors for such complications and postoperative pregnancy rates.Results: A total of 165 patients were included in the final analysis. The median follow-up was 63 (25 - 106) months. Thirty-seven patients (22.42%) had hysterectomy, 60 (36.81%) had ureterolysis and 44 (26.67%) had colorectal surgery. The overall and severe rates of post-operative complications were 16.20% (n=23) and 2.42% (n=4) respectively. Of the variables assessed, operative time and age were the only statistically significant risk factor for complications on multivariate analysis. Among the women operated on for infertility, 34.5% (n=20/58) got pregnant following surgery with 30% of these spontaneously.Conclusions: This study demonstrates acceptable overall and severe post-operative complications and pregnancy rates after deep endometriosis surgery. This information should help clinicians when counselling women to enable them make an informed choice about their management.
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