Use of oral contraceptives in women with endometriosis before assisted reproduction treatment improves outcomes.

Authors :: de Ziegler D
Gayet V
Aubriot FX
Fauque P
Streuli I
Wolf JP
de Mouzon J
Chapron C
Source :: Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2010 Dec; Vol. 94 (7), pp. 2796-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 21.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: In women with endometriosis, including those with endometriomas, 6 to 8 weeks of continuous use of oral contraception (OC) before assisted reproduction treatment (ART) maintains ART outcomes comparable with the outcomes of age-matched controls without endometriosis. In contrast, ART outcomes are markedly compromised in endometriosis patients who are not pretreated with OC. Ovarian responsiveness to stimulation was not altered by 6 to 8 weeks' use of pre-ART OC, including in poor responders with endometriomas.<br /> (Copyright © 2010 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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