Endometriosis and Infertility: Insights into the Causal Link and Management Strategies
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Reproductive Medicine & Andrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2022) | Viewed by 19056
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Interests: endometriosis; adenomyosis; Mullerian anomalies; fibroids; ovarian cyst; endoscopic surgery
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Dear Colleagues,
Endometriosis is highly prevalent among women of reproductive age and is frequently associated to infertility. Even three different entities of endometriosis have been described, their exact mechanisms involved in infertility are still not completely understood. Several studies have demonstrated that anatomical changes may impair gametes and embryo transport along the fallopian tubes; per se, endometriosis could affect the ovarian reserve, peritoneal endometriosis may lead to a pro-oxidant peritoneal microenvironment and the peritoneal fluid may alter sperm function. The reduced endometrial receptivity could also play a role in infertility of women affected by endometriosis.
Regarding the management strategies, different treatment options of endometriosis-related infertility include minimal invasive surgery (MIS) as well as assisted reproductive technologies (ART).
Even the presence of ovarian endometrioma is related to infertility in the majority of cases, the impact of deep endometriosis on infertility is less clear and the place of conservative versus radical rectal surgery has to be defined. Moreover, due to the effect of endometriosis on ovarian reserve as well as the impact of surgery of large endometriomas on the ovarian reserve, the ovocytes cryopreservation could be considered as a new option to preserve future fertility.
Prof. Dr. Michelle Nisolle
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- peritoneal endometriosis
- ovarian endometrioma
- deep endometrioisis
- infertility
- etiopathogenesis
- minimal invasive surgery
- IVF
- ovarian cystectomy
- ablative surgical techniques
- ovocytes cryopreservation
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