[Endometriomas and in vitro fertilization outcomes].

This paper reports the effects of endometrioma and their treatments on infertility out-come mainly in cases of in vitro fertilisation. This paper summarise a literature review and the experience of the Clermont-Ferrand infertility centre experience. The main conclusions are: the absence of any deleterious effects on IVF results in cases of endometriomas, the conservation of the oocytes stock in the ovary after any type of ovarian surgery for endometrioma (cystectomy or drainage plus laser vaporisation), the poor out-come of iterative surgical approach of endometrioma, the risk of ovarian abscess after puncture during an IVF procedure. From all these data the authors provides answers to the most frequent questions that arise in the cases of the presence of endometrioma in an infertile patient.