Research Article
A Promise in the Treatment of Endometriosis: An Observational Cohort Study on Ovarian Endometrioma Reduction by N-Acetylcysteine
Table 2
Endometriomas size at enrollment and at the end of observation.
| | Controls () | Treated () | |
| Average diameter (mm) | | | | Initial | 31.6 ± 18.4 | 26.9 ± 14.9 | ns | Final | 38.3 ± 23.2 | 25.4 ± 17.8 | <0.001 | Difference | 6.62 ± 16.14 | −1.53 ± 11.43 | 0.001 | Average volume (mL) | | | | Initial | 35.1 ± 62.6 | 20.4 ± 31.3 | ns | Final | 67.3 ± 123.2 | 23.6 ± 48.6 | 0.006 | Difference | 32.1 ± 89.9 | 3.20 ± 32.7 | 0.012 | Number of cysts | | | | Increased | 42 (58%) (7 newly formed) | 20 (27%) (4 newly formed) |
<0.001* | Decreased | 20 (28%) (4 disappeared) | 45 (62%) (8 disappeared) | Unchanged | 10 (14%) | 8 (11%) |
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At the Pearson’s chi-square test.
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