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 2: Comparison of patients with a history of prior failed IVF cycles, who underwent laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis to patients who did not undergo laparoscopic treatment. | |||
| + Laparoscopy | No laparoscopy | P value | |
| Number of patients (n) | 29 | 35 | |
| Average age (y) | 34 | 37 | .613 |
| Average FSH | 8.0 | 8.1 | NS |
| Average no. of failed IVF cycles | 2 | 2 | NS |
| Pregnancy rate | 22/29 | 13/35 | <.01 |
| Spontaneous pregnancy rate | 13/29 | 2/35 | <.01 |
| Littman, Laparoscopy after failed IVF. Fertil Steril 2005 | |||
| 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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