Research Article
The Surgical Treatment of Severe Endometriosis Positively Affects the Chance of Natural or Assisted Pregnancy Postoperatively
| | | All participants
( = 253) | Trying to conceive post-op
( = 142) | Pregnancy post-op
( = 109) |
| | Age (median and range) | 37 (17–55) | 37 (26–50) | 36 (26–48) | | BMI (median and IQR) | 24 (21–28) | 24 (21–28) | 24 (21–28) | | Previous laparoscopic surgery | 149 (59%) | 83 (59%) | 58 (53%) | | Smoking | | | | | Yes | 111 (44%) | 60 (42%) | 46 (42%) | | Indication for surgery | | | | | Pain | 164 (65%) | 58 (41%) | 48 (44%) | | Fertility | 27 (11%) | 27 (19%) | 24 (22%) | | Both | 58 (23%) | 55 (39%) | 35 (32%) | | Not stated | 4 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 2 (2%) | | Prior pregnancy | 79 (31%) | 38 (27%) | 30 (28%) | | Trying to conceive pre-op | 114 (45%) | 95 (67%) | 67 (62%) | | Trial ART pre-op | 20 (8%) | 17 (12%) | 10 (9%) | | Duration of surgery mins (median and IQR) | 120 (90–145) | 120 (90–150) | 120 (90–140) | | r-ASRM stage | | | | | III | 98 (39%) | 51 (36%) | 42 (39%) | | IV | 155 (61%) | 91 (64%) | 67 (61%) | | Length of stay hours (median and IQR) | 44 (29–52) | 45 (29–51) | 42 (28–50) |
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SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; ART: assisted reproductive technology; r-ASRM: revised American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
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