The efficacy of medical and surgical treatment of endometriosis-associated infertility: arguments in favour of a medico-surgical aproach
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This review argues for a combined medical and surgical approach in treating endometriosis-associated infertility, particularly in moderate to severe cases.
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This review discusses the efcacy of a combined, medical (GnRH agonist) and surgical, therapy in endometriosisassociated infertility. Because of the limited information currently available on the activity of lesions in minimal and mild endometriosis, any absolute statement is inappropriate at this time, although some arguments exist in favour of treating endometriosis at laparoscopy. In moderate and severe endometriosis, this review provides arguments in favour of a medico-surgical approach and discusses the possibility of combining medical and surgical therapy.
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