Treatment of Women with Endometriosis and Subfertility: Results from a Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis of over 40,000 ART cycles found that women with endometriosis had lower pregnancy rates with ovarian stimulation and IUI, but similar rates with IVF/embryo transfer.
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This meta-analysis compared clinical pregnancy rates in women with endometriosis versus those without after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation combined with intrauterine insemination, and after IVF/ICSI or egg donation, using data from more than 40,000 treatment cycles (1994–2004). It found that pregnancy rates after ovarian stimulation and homologous intrauterine insemination were significantly lower in women with endometriosis, whereas pregnancy rates after IVF/ICSI were not significantly different between groups. Egg-donation results were interpreted as evidence that endometrial receptivity is not impaired, with the suggested main issue being oocyte/fertilization and embryo implantation quality. The paper’s caveat is that guidelines are emphasized as needing attention, implying that treatment-path comparisons are dependent on the included studies and their ratification context. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it synthesizes outcomes of assisted reproduction in endometriosis-associated subfertility, contrasting COH+IUI versus IVF/ICSI and egg donation.
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