Endometriosis and pregnancy outcome : women with previously excised posterior DIE

2018 Study Abstract

In this issue, Nirgianakis et al. present a retrospective analysis of the complications of pregnancy after laparoscopic excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Most important is that excision of DIE does not affect the increased risk of placenta previa, gestational hypertension, and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) associated with endometriosis. In addition, the risk of a vaginal delivery was not increased in the entire group or in the 26 women with a vaginal excision of endometriosis.

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Fertility and Sterility, Volume 110, Issue 3, Pages 406–407, August 2018.

DES Exposure and Endometriosis

• Early-life factors and endometriosis risk – 2015
• Effects of Prenatal Environmental Exposures on the Development of Endometriosis in Female Offspring – 2016
• In utero exposures and the incidence of endometriosis – 2004