Prevalence of Endometriosis in Infertile and Sub- Fertile Women

Shaista Zubair, Hafsa Sheikh, Shereen ZulfiqarButta, Samia Shuja
In: SOJ Gynecology , Obstetrics & Women's Health · 2017 · vol. 3(3) , pp. 1–4 · doi:10.15226/2381-2915/3/3/00126 · W2789714680
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This study investigated the prevalence of endometriosis, a condition of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, in infertile and sub-fertile women.

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This descriptive cross-sectional study assessed the frequency of endometriosis among 50 reproductive-age women with primary or secondary infertility/sub-fertility at a tertiary hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, excluding male-factor infertility (normal semen analysis) and excluding women with certain conditions such as suspected cysts or polycystic ovarian syndrome. Using diagnostic laparoscopy and revised AFS criteria, endometriosis was found in 10/50 women (20%), with most cases classified as stage II (40%), and there were no statistically significant associations between endometriosis occurrence and age, parity, tubal status, type of infertility, or socioeconomic status. The authors note diagnostic limitations of laparoscopy, including that endometriosis can be missed or underdiagnosed even by experienced laparoscopists, and the sampling approach was non-probability/convenient, limiting generalizability. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it quantifies endometriosis frequency specifically in infertile and sub-fertile women undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy.

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Abstract

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue at a site outside the uterus. It is a common and debilitating condition, diagnosis has traditionally been by laparoscopy.

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