Health and fertility outcomes among women surgically treated for endometriosis

Ronald E. Batt, Batt Re, R E Batt, Germaine M. Buck Louis, G M Buck, Buck GM, Smith RA, R A Smith, Richard A. Smith
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists · 1997 · vol. 4(4) , pp. 435–442 · doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80035-0 · PMID:9224576 · W2076410644
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This study investigated health and fertility outcomes in women who underwent surgical treatment for endometriosis.

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess health and fertility status among women after surgical treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Community-based gynecologic specialty practice. PATIENTS: Two hundred ninety women with newly diagnosed endometriosis. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Medical records of all women were abstracted at baseline; self-administered questionnaires were used to collect follow-up data. Most women (68-79%) reported some or great improvement in symptomology after surgical treatment. One hundred twenty-four (53%) of 232 women reported one or more pregnancies, two-thirds of which resulted in live births. Secondary sex ratios were below 1 (range 0.92-0.50), reflecting a female excess. Logistic regression analysis identified previous live birth as the only significant predictor of pregnancy after surgery; advancing maternal age significantly decreased the likelihood of a live birth. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, these women reported improvement in symptoms at follow-up. Operative and clinical findings were not significant predictors of pregnancy likelihood. Prior live birth conferred more than a twofold increase in pregnancy likelihood, whereas advancing age decreased the likelihood. Reasons for reversed sex ratios are unknown but warrant further study.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Fertility Fertility Laparoscopy Laparoscopy Adult Adult Electrosurgery Electrosurgery Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans Maternal Age Maternal Age Pregnancy Pregnancy

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