Endometriosis after neosalpingostomy.

Woodworth, S H; Pridham, D D; Cook, C L; Sanfilippo, J S; Yussman, M A · Am J Obstet Gynecol · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A patient seen for infertility developed severe endometriosis within 2 years of neosalpingostomy for bilateral fallopian tube obstruction. A retrospective review of infertility surgeries revealed none of 20 patients with obstructed tubes to have endometriosis, compared with 66 of 125 (52.8%) with at least one patent fallopian tube (p < 0.001, 95% confidence interval 0% to 17% vs 44% to 62%.

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