Prevalence; Characteristics and Management of Endometriosis Amongst Infertile Women: A One Year Retrospective Study

• Published in: Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2015-06, Vol.9 (6), p.QC01-QC03
• Main Authors: Mishra, Vineet V, Gaddagi, Rashmi A, Aggarwal, Rohina, Choudhary, Sumesh, Sharma, Urmila, Patel, Ushma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: infertility; laparoscopy; Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section; uterine cavity
• ISSN: 2249-782X; 0973-709X
• DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/13687.6125

Endometriosis appears to affect every aspect of a women's reproductive system resulting in infertility and spontaneous pregnancy loss. This study aims to find out the prevalence & clinical characteristics of endometriosis amongst infertile women. A Hospital based retrospective study over a period of one year. It is a retrospective study conducted in the gynaecology department in Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre; Ahmedabad from April 2012 to March 2013 amongst women with a primary complaint of infertility (Primary/Secondary).A total of 372 patients underwent diagnostic hysterolaparoscopy and of these 180 patients who had laparoscopic evidence of endometriosis was included in the study. All of these patients and their findings were analysed with respect to the clinical signs and symptoms. The outcome after appropriate management was analysed in subsequent follow up. All collected data was entered into the SPSS version 20. Categorical data are expressed in frequency or percentage. Chi-Square test and Fisher-Exact test has been performed to carry out p-value for categorical data. P-value