By I.Soussis, MD, MSc, FRCOG, Fertility Specialist Scientists from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research announced an experimental, rapid and non-invasive way to diagnose endometriosis, which may lead to earlier and more effective treatments for this disorder that affects approximately 176 million women globally. The scientists found...
BY I. SOUSSIS MD FERTILITY SPECIALIST A new study, which followed more than 72 thousand women for more than 20 years, has found that breast feeding is linked to a lower risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis. Researchers found that among the 72,394 women who had one or...
By I.Soussis MD Egg donation is a fantastic tool in our hands, that allows us to explore how endometriosis affects the results of IVF. Its action is through the endometrium or through the quality of the oocytes and subsequently through the quality of the produced embryos? In trying to answer...
By I. Soussis MD How successful is intrauterine insemination in infertile women with endometriosis? Tummon et al. 1997 enrolled 103 infertile couples with endometriosis stage I and II in a prospective randomized study. Of those patients 53 underwent superovulation treatment with gonadotrophins and intrauterine insemination (127 cycles)...
[caption id="attachment_2604" align="alignnone" width="1498"] A vaginal ultrasound scan showing an ovary with an endometrioma. no other small follicles can be seen[/caption] By I.Soussis MD Antral follicle count AFC, has proven to be one of the most reliable predictors of ovarian response to the drug stimulation during IVF...
By I.Soussis MD Scientists have expressed their disappointment over the decades, regarding the lack of correlation between the staging of endometriosis and the severity of the clinical symptoms, a woman experiences. In this regard women with severe endometriosis have no pain whatsoever, where as those with slight endometriosis...
[caption id="attachment_2758" align="alignnone" width="400"] Image courtesy of holohololand at FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] By I.Soussis MD Hudson et al. from the UK, presented an interesting study at the latest ESHRE conference, held in Lisbon Portugal in June 2015. The main question was: How do partners of women with endometriosis perceive the disorder and how...
By I.Soussis MD How high is the percentage of natural conception and pregnancy in women with untreated colorectal endometriosis? Erasmo et al. from Genova, Italy attempted to answer this question. Their study was presented at the ESHRE annual conference in Lisbon in 2015. The study involved 55 patients with colorectal endometriosis,...
[caption id="attachment_2741" align="alignnone" width="400"] Image courtesy of imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] By I.Soussis MD If women suffering with endometriosis have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcome in early pregnancy, such as spontaneous miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, was not well documented up to now. A study from Japan compared...
[caption id="attachment_2741" align="alignnone" width="400"] Image courtesy of imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] Άρθρο του Ι.Σούση Το κατά πόσον γυναίκες με ενδομητρίωση αντιμετωπίζουν μεγαλύτερη πιθανότητα αποβολής κατά το πρώτο τρίμηνο της εγκυμοσύνης, λόγω της ενδομητρίωσης, δεν ήταν καλά τεκμηριωμένο μέχρι πρόσφατα. Μια μελέτη από την Ιαπωνία συνέκρινε 49 έγκυες με ενδομητρίωση,...
