title: Is laparoscopy back?
abstract: Should surgical treatment of presumed endometriosis be advocated for all patients who fail to conceive after multiple IVF cycles? Without appropriately designed clinical studies, there is currently little evidence to support this approach.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, North Shore University Hospital-NYU School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, USA. hershlag@nshs.edu
authors.forename: Avner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hershlag
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Markovitz
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy