Impact of Endometriosis on Pregnancy and Delivery - a Retrospective Cohort Study

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Endometriosis Abortion, Spontaneous Complication Delivery Complication Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Genital Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Miscarriage Pregnancy Complications Urogenital Diseases

Age range

18 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Hospital Münster Germany

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

if no Reply to questionnaire, telephone interview

Other names: interview

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital Muenster

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Dec 11, 2020
Registry last updated: Aug 22, 2022

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