title: Fertility following laparoscopic management of benign adnexal cysts.
abstract: Fertility following laparoscopic treatment of benign adnexal cysts without ovarian suture was studied retrospectively. Patients with endometriomas or who were previously infertile were excluded. Thirty-eight patients treated conservatively were included, 10 after partial resection of functional cysts, 23 after an ovarian cystectomy and six after treatment of a paraovarian cyst. One patient had two cysts. The overall intrauterine pregnancy rate was 92%; one patient had an ectopic pregnancy (2.6%). From these results, we conclude that fertility following laparoscopic treatment of adnexal cysts appears to be normal. Technical guidelines to improve laparoscopic cystectomy are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Polyclinique de l'Hôtel Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bassil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wattiez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pouly
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Manhes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mage
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bruhat
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D010535:Laparoscopy