title: Laparoscopic cautery in the treatment of endometriosis-related infertility.
abstract: Life table analysis and the two-parameter exponential method have been applied to pregnancy rates in 72 patients undergoing laparoscopic cautery exclusively. Patients with male factor infertility were excluded. Estimated cure rates for patients with stage I and II disease were 98.2% and 76.6%, respectively (not significantly different). No significant difference was seen when anovulation complicated the endometriosis (68.6%). When greater than one infertility factor was present, a significant difference was observed (50.6%). Patients with stage I disease had an average fecundity of 10.30% with decreasing values observed in stage II (7.59%), anovulation (6.67%), and more than one infertility factor (3.33%). We conclude that laparoscopic cauterization is an effective mode of therapy for the treatment of stage I and II endometriosis associated with infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Schlaff
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hassiakos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Durmusoglu
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Damewood
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000858:Anovulation / Q000150:complications; D002425:Cautery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D015993:Life Tables; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies