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01-06-2017 | Original Article

Prevalence, Clinical and Laparoscopic Features of Endometriosis Among Infertile Women

Authors: Vineet V. Mishra, Pradeep Bandwal, Ritu Agarwal, Rohina Aggarwal

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 3/2017

Abstract

Objective

To study the prevalence, clinical and laparoscopic characteristics of endometriosis in infertile women.

Study Design

This is a hospital-based prospective study.

Patients

Five hundred and two (502) patients underwent diagnostic laparoscopy for evaluation of cause for infertility. Staging of endometriosis was done according to the rAFS scoring system.

Results

Out of 502 women, 276 (54.98 %) showed the presence of endometriosis, while 226 (45.01 %) did not have endometriosis. One hundred and eighty-three (66.3 %) women had stage I endometriosis, 49 (17.77 %) had stage II, 23 (8.33 %) had stage III and 21 (7.6 %) had stage IV endometriosis.

Conclusion

More than 50 % of patients in our study were asymptomatic; however, the presence of menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia and chronic pelvic pain are also clinically statistically significant. So, we would like to recommend the evaluation and treatment of a patient reporting in gynaecological OPD with the above-mentioned complaints with high suspicion of endometriosis.

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Title: Prevalence, Clinical and Laparoscopic Features of Endometriosis Among Infertile Women
Authors: Vineet V. Mishra
Pradeep Bandwal
Ritu Agarwal
Rohina Aggarwal
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-016-0931-x

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Prevalence, Clinical and Laparoscopic Features of Endometriosis Among Infertile Women

Abstract

Objective

Study Design

Patients

Results

Conclusion

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Objective

Study Design

Patients

Results

Conclusion

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