Impact of endometriosis on obstetric outcome after natural conception: a multicenter Italian study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate obstetric outcome in women with endometriosis who conceive naturally and receive standard obstetric care in Italy.

Methods

Cases were consecutive women with endometriosis managed in eleven Italian referral centers. Controls were women in whom endometriosis was excluded. All women filled in a questionnaire addressing previous natural pregnancies. Marginal logistic regression models were fitted to evaluate the impact of endometriosis on obstetric outcome. A post hoc analysis was performed within the endometriosis group comparing women with severe adenomyosis versus women with absent or mild adenomyosis.

Results

Three hundred and fifty-five pregnancies in endometriosis group and 741 pregnancies in control group were included. Women with endometriosis

SUBMITTER: Berlanda N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782812 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature