title: Endometriosis after neosalpingostomy.
abstract: A patient seen for infertility developed severe endometriosis within 2 years of neosalpingostomy for bilateral fallopian tube obstruction. A retrospective review of infertility surgeries revealed none of 20 patients with obstructed tubes to have endometriosis, compared with 66 of 125 (52.8%) with at least one patent fallopian tube (p < 0.001, 95% confidence interval 0% to 17% vs 44% to 62%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Woodworth
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Pridham
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sanfilippo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Yussman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012489:Salpingostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*