Endometriosis, affecting approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women globally, poses significant challenges, including chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. In low- and middle-income countries like India, accessibility to affordable infertility care remains a concern. This multicenter prospective cohort study, conducted across six tertiary care hospitals in India from 2017 to 2022, aims to explore the natural progression of conception and pregnancy outcomes in women with endometriosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study clinical, surgical characteristics and the relationship between endometriosis lesion types and conception rate after surgery in infertile women with endometriosis.
Methods: A prospective, multicenter cohort of 204 women (age 20-35 years) with endometriosis was followed up post-surgery between November 2017 and February 2020 at three tertiary-care hospitals.
Results: Based on the severity of endometriosis lesion type, deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) (81/204, 39.