title: Influence of pelvic endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma on fertility.
abstract: We investigated the influence of pelvic endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma on pregnancy outcome in women associated with infertility. A total of 237 women with endometriosis were reviewed, and their fertility rate was assessed by both r-AFS staging and TOP classification as previously proposed by our group. There was no significant difference in pregnancy rate among r-AFS stages. However, the pregnancy rate was mostly affected by the tubal condition according to the TOP classification as follows: no adhesive lesion (T0), 53% (69/129); unilateral lesion (T1), 46% (18/39); bilateral lesion with at least one tube patent, (T2), 37% (10/27); bilateral tubal occlusion (T3), 0% (0/8) (p < 0.05, Mantel-Extension test). The absence (O0-O1) or co-existence (O2-O3) of ovarian endometrioma and different gradings of cul-de-sac obliteration (P2-P3) showed no significant differences in pregnancy rate. The resulting conception rate was also not affected by the size or location of ovarian endometrioma. In addition, the higher adhesion score of ovarian endometrioma involving the fallopian tube and as described in r-AFS classification had a significant detrimental effect on fertility. These observations suggest that our TOP classification describing individual tubal condition has a clinically predictive value in assessing the reproductive outcome of women with endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan. fujishita@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujishita
authors.forename: Khaleque Newaz
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuzaki
authors.forename: Tadayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric