Impact of Endometriosis on Pregnancy and Delivery - a Retrospective Cohort Study

Impact of Endometriosis on Pregnancy and Delivery - a Retrospective Cohort Study

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

• cases: Operation because of endometriosis at the endometriosis Center, University Hospital Muenster, child wish, wants to participate, correct age group
• controls: Operation because of sterility, exclusion of endometriosis during this Operation, child wish, wants to participate, correct age group

Exclusion Criteria:

• cases / controls: declines participation, incorrect age Group, no child wish