title: Coexistence of endometriosis and uterine septum in patients with abortion or infertility.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the coexistence of endometriosis and uterine septum patients whose complaints are abortion and infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-two patients with a uterine septum and 191 patients who had undergone diagnostic laparoscopy for infertility were reviewed. The incidence of endometriosis in patients with a uterine septum was compared with patients with a normal uterine cavity; then the incidence of endometriosis was compared in association with having a preoperative diagnosis of presumed unexplained infertility in women with a partial or complete uterine septum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between the patients who had a uterine septum and those with a normal cavity in terms of the incidence of endometriosis (P = 0.39). Also, the incidence of endometriosis was not significantly different in patients who had a complete or partial uterine septum (P = 0.49). Endometriosis was observed in 8.7% of the patients who were presumed to have unexplained infertility in the complete uterine septum group and in 18.8% of the patients in the partial uterine septum group; but the difference was not statistically significant when complete and partial uterine septum groups were compared according to the type of infertility (partial uterine septum group, P = 0.13; complete uterine septum group, P = 0.28).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An increased incidence of endometriosis was not observed in patients with a septate uterus. The reason for infertility in women with a partial uterine septum may be related to endometriosis.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women's Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. demirs@isbank.net.tr
authors: Berfu
authors: B
authors: Demir
authors: Berna
authors: B
authors: Dilbaz
authors: Burak
authors: B
authors: Karadag
authors: Rafet
authors: R
authors: Duraker
authors: Ozgur
authors: O
authors: Akkurt
authors: Muberra
authors: M
authors: Kocak
authors: Umit
authors: U
authors: Goktolga
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000150:complications*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*