Other Ophthalmic Surgery Organ Transplantation Orthopaedics Other Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Otitis Otorhino. The study also showed that women who had previously given birth were twice as likely to get pregnant again following surgery than women who had not, and that increasing age reduced the likelihood of becoming pregnant. Results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo, appear in the August issue of the Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Ronald E. Batt, M.D., UB clinical professor of gynecology and obstetrics and principal author of the study, said the pain relief was particularly important because it was long-lasting. Seventy-five to 80 percent of women were very happy with the result.
Surgery appears to be a good way of treating endometriosis for both health and fertility.
Endometriosis is a condition in which fragments of the uterine lining, the endometrium, migrate and adhere to other sites in the pelvic cavity, including the ovaries, bowel, bladder and ureters. It affects women of reproductive age and is a major cause of infertility. Symptoms include pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding and painful sexual intercourse. In addition to evaluating the health and fertility outcomes of patients treated surgically for endometriosis, the purpose of the study was to identify significant predictors of pregnancy following surgery. Health and reproductive histories were taken when the women enrolled, and medical and surgical records were abstracted for pertinent information on disease status.