Several studies investigated the reproductive outcomes after surgical treatment of colorectal endometriosis, mainly segmental colorectal resection. Little information is available on the spontaneous fertility of patients with bowel endometriosis. This study aims to evaluate the fertility of patients affected by rectosigmoid endometriosis who did not undergo previous surgical treatment.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
215
Patients did not undergo surgical treatment for endometriosis and medical consultations were done every 6 months from the beginning of the attempts to conceive
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Genoa, Italy
Clinical pregnancy rate
Ultrasonographic evidence of intrauterine gestational sac
Time frame: 4-9 weeks after conception
Live birth rate
Complete expulsion or extraction from a woman of a product of fertilization after 22 completed weeks of gestational age, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life
Time frame: 22 weeks after conception
Number (%) of patients conceiving spontaneously/by Assisted Reproductive Technology
Modality of conception
Time frame: Immediately after diagnosis of clinical pregnancy
Number (%) of patients undergoing vaginal delivery/delivering by cesarean section
Modality of delivery
Time frame: 22-42 weeks after conception
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