Recent Advances in Treatment of Endometriosis-associated Infertility
PENG Jing
ZHANG Meng
LI Gui-ling
Abstract：Endometriosis is one of the important factors of female infertility. The possible causes of infertility include the change in peritoneal fluid, abnormal pelvic anatomy, the decreased ovarian function and the decreased endometrial receptivity. The surgery is still the main treatment of endometriosis. The pregnancy outcome after surgery is associated with the surgical time, operation method, stage and type of endometriosis. Surgery should be performed in the early stage of endometriosis as much as possible, and laparoscopic surgery is of the first choice. It is recommended that the endometriosis fertility index (EFI) score can be used to assess the fertility. Drug therapy as adjuvant therapy can not improve the patient′s fertility although it can delay recurrence. When the surgical treatment failed or there are persistent tubal factors leading to infertility, the assisted reproductive technology should be preferentially advised for those infertility women to improve timely their fertility.
Keywords：EndometriosisInfertilityfemaleFertilityReproductive techniquesassisted
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 82-86 )