The prevalence of endometriosis in women with infertile partners

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Laparoscopic evaluation of 174 infertile women found no difference in endometriosis prevalence between those with fertile or infertile partners, suggesting 20.7% prevalence in women with azoospermic partners reflects the general population.

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Abstract

Laparoscopy was performed on a consecutive series of 174 women complaining of infertility. Forty of these women were the partners of oligospermic or azoospermic men. There was no difference in the prevalence of endometriosis between those women whose partners were fertile and those whose partners were infertile. Women with azoospermic partners had a prevalence of endometriosis of 20.7%, and this is likely to reflect the true prevalence of endometriosis in a group of randomly selected normal women.

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endometriosisinfertility

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Endometriosis Adult Endometriosis Female Humans Infertility, Male Laparoscopy Male Middle Aged Prevalence United Kingdom United Kingdom

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