Endometriosis after neosalpingostomy.
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%.
Woodworth
S H
SH
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
Pridham
D D
DD
Cook
C L
CL
Sanfilippo
J S
JS
Yussman
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012489:Salpingostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*