Is there a benefit for surgery in endometrioma-associated infertility?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 136-140

  Ruiz Flores, Francisco J ^a   Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^a,b  

^a IVI Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

endometrioma; endometriosis; in vitro fertilization; infertility; laparoscopy; ovarian endometriosis; surgery

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; CYSTECTOMY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE CYST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OOCYTE; OVARY DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84861092351     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32835175d9     Document Type: Review

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