Impact of Endometriosis on Pregnancy and Delivery - a Retrospective Cohort Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Endometriosis
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
- Enrollment
- 1762
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- pregnancy rate
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
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.
Investigators
Dr. med. Sebastian Daniel Schäfer
Head of Gynecology
University Hospital Muenster
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
pregnancy rate
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
pregnancy rate
complications
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
complications during pregnancy, delivery, puerperium