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Marcoux, Sylvie; Maheux, Rodolphe; Bérubé, Sylvie
The New England journal of medicine, 07/1997, Letnik: 337, Številka: 4Journal Article
Endometriosis affects 2.5 to 3.3 percent of women of reproductive age 1 and is diagnosed in 20 to 68 percent of the women studied for infertility. 2 – 5 The main visible features of the minimal and mild stages of endometriosis are peritoneal or ovarian endometriotic implants and filmy adhesions on the fallopian tubes or ovaries. The causal link between these lesions and infertility is much debated, 6 – 9 as is the value of resection or ablation of them as a treatment for infertility. Operative laparoscopy for endometriosis consists of electrocautery or laser destruction of endometriotic implants and adhesiolysis. Pooled data 10 from one quasi-randomized . . .
