Editorial: Minimally invasive surgery as a mean of improving fertility: What do we know so far?

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endometriosis, fibroids and fertility, minimally invasive surgery, infertility, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) Citation Naem A and Laganà AS (2023) Editorial: Minimally invasive surgery as a mean of improving fertility: What do we know so far?. Front. Surg. 10:1203816. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1203816 Received 11 April 2023 Accepted 03 May 2023 Published 15 May 2023 Volume 10 - 2023 Edited and reviewed by Stefano Cianci, University of Messina, Italy Updates Copyright © 2023 Naem and Laganà. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. *Correspondence: Antoine Naem [email protected] Disclaimer All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.