Is laparoscopic sclerotherapy justified in the management of endometriomas?

Nicolae Bacalbaşa, Irina Bălescu, Roxana Elena Bohîlțea, Sorin Petrea, Sorin Aldoescu, Mihaela Vîlcu, Iulian Brezean, Lucian Pop, Alexandru Ciulcu, Dragos Romanescu, Claudia Stoica, Cristina Martac, Bogdan Ursuț, Alexandru Filipescu, Cezar Laurențiu Tomescu, Adnan Ad Aloul
In: Romanian Journal of Medical Practice · 2021 · vol. 16(S7) , pp. 36–38 · doi:10.37897/rjmp.2021.s7.11 · W4285314685
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This paper discusses the effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic sclerotherapy as an alternative treatment for endometriomas, aiming to destroy cysts without negatively impacting ovarian reserve.

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Endometriomas represent a common finding among women at fertile age and usually associated with pelvic pain, infertility, heavy menstrual periods and dyspareunia. For a long period of time surgical resection has been considered the golden standard in such cases. However, although resection aims to take off only the cyst, in certain cases a decrease of the ovarian reserve and secondarily, to a decrease of the fertility is observed. Due to this reason, attention was focused on creating other methods for cyst destroying without impeding the ovarian reserve. The aim of the current paper is to discuss about the effectiveness and safety of sclerotherapy as part of the therapeutic strategy for endometriomas.

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