Use of oral contraceptives in women with endometriosis before assisted reproduction treatment improves outcomes.
Auteurs : de Ziegler D, Gayet V, Aubriot FX, Fauque P, Streuli I, Wolf JP, de Mouzon J, Chapron C
Date de publication : 12/2010
Résumé vulgarisé
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.