Monthly Archives January 2006

Endometriosis severity affects IVF outcome

Women with moderate-to-severe endometriosis are less likely to fall pregnant and have a baby with the help of IVF than those with minimal-to-mild disease, researchers have shown, according to Finish researchers.
“Women with endometriosis often need IVF to conceive—most women need several cycles of treatment,” note the researchers, led by Paula Kuivasaari from Kuopio University Hospital [...]

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Keyhole Surgery for Cysts Protects the Ovaries

Friday, December 30, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The damage to “ovarian reserve” is quantitative rather than qualitative when ovarian cysts are excised using minimally invasive laparoscopy, Italian researchers report. Importantly, they say, this approach has a good chance of preserving a woman’s fertility.
An ovarian endometrioma is a cyst that is attached to the ovaries [...]

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