Role of laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis in patients with failed in vitro fertilization cycles
by Eva Littman, MD, Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, Ruth B. Lathi, MD, Bulent Berker, MD, Amin A. Milki, MD, and Camran Nezhat, MD
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
| Table 1: Characteristics of patients who underwent laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis. | |||||
| AGE(y) | PARITY | PRIOR CYCLES | DATE OF SURGERY | STAGE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS | METHOD OF CONCEPTION |
| 40 | 2 GIFT | 12/95 | II | Spontaneous | |
| G1P00 10 |
1 IVF | ||||
| 30 | G1P00 10 |
2 | 94,96,97,12/98 | II | IVF |
| 40 | G1P00 10 |
1 | 5/99 | III | IVF & Spontaneous |
| 34 | G3P1021 | 3 | 6/97, 9/99 | I | Spontaneous |
| 38 | G0 | 2 | 7/99, 1/02 | IV (endometriomas) | Clomid/IUI |
| 33 | G0 | 2 | 8/99 | I | IVF |
| 28 | G0 | 2 IVF 1 FET |
6/00 | IV | IVF |
| 34 | G2P20 02 |
1 | 8/00 | II | IVF |
| 32 | G0 | 1 | 8/01 | IV | Spontaneous |
| 32 | G3P30 03 |
2 | 12/01 | IV | Spontaneous |
| 34 | G0 | 2 | 2/02 | IV (endometriomas) | Spontaneous |
| 34 | G0 | 1 IVF 1 FET |
3/02 | I | Spontaneous |
| 35 | G0 | 1 | 5/02 | IV | IVF |
| 36 | G0 | 4 | 12/93,7/00,7/02 | IV | FET |
| 34 | G3P10 21 |
1 | 5/02 | III | Spontaneous |
| 37 | G0 | 1 IVF 1 FET |
12/02 | III | Spontaneous |
| 31 | G0 | 3 IVF | 1/03 | IV | Spontaneous |
| 33 | G0 | 1 | 3/03 | II | Clomid/IUI |
| 28 | G0 | 1 IVF 1 FET |
4/03 | I | Spontaneous |
| 34 | G0 | 2 | 4/03 | II | Spontaneous |
| 40 | G2P00 20 |
3 IVF | 7/03 | III | Spontaneous |
| 35 | G1P00 10 |
3 | 9/03 | III | IVF |
| 36 | G0 | 1 IVF | 7/01 | II | No pregnancy |
| 36 | G0 | 1 IVF | 10/01 | IV (endometriomas) | No pregnancy |
| 38 | G0 | 1 IVF | 1/02 | IV (endometriomas) | No pregnancy |
| 39 | G1P00 10 |
3 IVF | 12/02 | III | No pregnancy |
| 31 | G0 | 1 IVF | 12/02 | IV (endometriomas) | No pregnancy |
| 35 | G1P00 10 |
2 IVF | 4/03 | IV (endometriomas) | No pregnancy |
| 40 | G1P10 01 |
5 IVF | 4/03 | IV (endometriomas) | No pregnancy |
NOTE: FET = frozen embryo transfer, N/A = data not available |
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| Received July 14, 2004; revised and accepted February 14, 2005. Reprint requests: Camran Nezhat, M.D., Stanford University Medical Center, Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, 900 Welch Road Suite 403, Palo Alto, California 94304 (FAX: 650-327-2794; E-mail: cnezhat@stanford.edu). 1574 Fertility and Sterility® Vol. 84, No. 6, December 2005 0015-0282/05/$30.00 Copyright ©2005 American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.02.059 |
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