At the Leuven University Fertility Centre (LUFC) of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, a retrospective epidemiological prevalence study based on an electronic search of patient files was performed to determine the prevalence of histologically proven endometriosis in a subset of infertile women with a regular cycle (variation 21 - 35 days), a partner with normal sperm and no previous surgical diagnosis of endometriosis.
In this study, the electronic files of all patients who consulted the LUFC since 2003 were searched to select women with at least 1 year of infertility, a regular cycle (variation 21 - 35 days), whose partner had normal sperm according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria (n = 304). After exclusion of 83 (27,3%) patients with a previous laparoscopic diagnosis of endometriosis before referral to our centre, 221 (72,7%) infertile women were included in our study.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
221
Laparoscopy
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium
The diagnosis of endometriosis was made by the fertility surgeon of the LUFC.
Time frame: 2003 - 2006
The diagnosis of endometriosis was always confirmed by histological examination.
Time frame: 2003 - 2006
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