title: Efficacy of laparoscopic electrocoagulation in infertile patients with minimal or mild endometriosis.
abstract: The cumulative pregnancy rates in 17 infertile patients with minimal or mild endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic electrocoagulation were compared with those of 20 similar patients who underwent only diagnostic laparoscopy. A life-table method of analysis was used. No significant differences in pregnancy rates was evident at either 6 months (p greater than 0.5) or 12 months (p greater than 0.5) of follow-up. These results question the use of laparoscopic electrocoagulation for the treatment of infertile patients with minimal or mild endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arumugam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Urquhart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D015993:Life Tables; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy