Endometrioma ≤3 cm in diameter per se does not affect ovarian reserve in intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles.
BACKGROUND
Our aim was to determine the effect of single endometriomas ≤3 cm in diameter per se on ovarian reserve in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles.


METHODS
We enrolled 19 consecutive infertile patients (29 cycles) who had unilateral single endometriomas ≤3 cm in diameter and who underwent ICSI.


RESULTS
The mean age of the patients was 33.3 ± 4.9 years. The mean diameter of endometriomas was 21.8 ± 4.9 mm. Left- and right-sided endometriomas were 34.5 and 65.5%, respectively. The number of oocytes retrieved from ovaries with endometriomas and contralateral normal ovaries was comparable (5.9 ± 4.3 vs. 5.4 ± 3.8).


CONCLUSIONS
Endometriomas ≤3 cm in diameter per se did not have a deleterious effect on ovarian reserve in ICSI cycles.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. dr@ibrahimesinler.com
Ibrahim
I
Esinler
Gurkan
G
Bozdag
Ilker
I
Arikan
Bulent
B
Demir
Hakan
H
Yarali
D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology*; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic