Effects of endometriosis on assisted reproductive technology: gone with the wind

Endometriosis is encountered in approximately 40% of infertile women. The mechanisms by which endometriosis causes infertility are multiple with none truly prevailing in the clinical cases commonly encountered. In addition, infertility caused by endometriosis is not absolute, but relative, as severe cases of endometriosis have even been reported in women who had conceived spontaneously. In one review article (1), we sorted all endometriosis-related factors of infertility according to the location where these are expressed, as follows: the pelvic cavity, the ovaries, and the uterus itself.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Tags: Reflections Source Type: research