Purpose: To study the impact of endometriosis on subsequent pregnancy and delivery. Methods: retrospective analysis by questionnaire / interview of cases (endometriosis laparoscopically removed / child wish) vs. controls (endometriosis laparoscopically excluded / child wish) from the University Hospital Muenster, Germany, treated between 2009 and 2016; analysis of pregnancy rate, mode of delivery and complications using Clavien-Dindo-classification, role of deep infiltrating endometriosis using ENZIAN classification; data analysis using t-test with p \< 0.050% being considered significant.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,762
if no Reply to questionnaire, telephone interview
University Hospital Münster Germany
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
pregnancy rate
pregnancy rate
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
complications
complications during pregnancy, delivery, puerperium
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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