title: Lack of endometriosis in patients with repeated abortion.
abstract: Laparoscopy was performed in 25 consecutive patients with two or more (range 2-6, mean 2.8) histologically documented first-trimester abortions in whom the well-established causes for recurrent miscarriages had been excluded. Endometriosis could not be diagnosed in any of the 25 women. Thus our results are against endometriosis as a cause of repeated abortion and do not support the routine inclusion of laparoscopy in the evaluation of the patient with recurrent abortions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Clínico y Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balasch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Creus
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vanrell
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000209:etiology*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy