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Human Reproduction, Vol. 10, No. suppl_2, pp. 91-97, 1995
© 1995 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Exploring the mechanism(s) of endometriosis-related infertility: an analysis of embryo development and implantation in assisted reproduction

Antonio Pellicer1, Neuda Oliveira, Amparo Ruiz, José Remohí and Carlos Simón

Institute Valenciano de Infertilidad and Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Valencia University School of Medicine Valencia, Spain

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Several retrospective analyses of our in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and oocyte donation programmes have been carried out in an attempt to gain clinical knowledge of the factors implied in the aetiology of endometriosis-associated infertility. In a first approach, a comparison was made of the IVF outcome between 96 cycles in 78 patients with tubal infertility and 96 morecycles in 59 women with endometriosis. There sults indicate that endometriosis patients hada poor IVF outcome in terms of a reduced pregnancy rate per cycle (P < 0.0004), a reduced pregnancy rate per transfer (P < 0.002) and areduced implantation rate per embryo replaced(P < 0.003). In a second study, we addressed the analysis of patients under going oocyte donation. The results showed that patients with this disease have the same chances of implantation and embryo development in vivo as other recipients when the oocytes come from donors without known endometriosis. However, when the results of oocyte donation were classified according to the nature of the oocytes donated, patients who received embryos derived from endometriotico varies showed a significantly (P < 0.05) reduced ability to implant compared with there maining groups. In a third approach, we evaluated embryo development in vitro when women with and without endometriosis under went IVF and embryo replacement 72 h after oocyte retrieval. We observed a significantly (P< 0.04) reduced number of blastomeres inembryos from endometriosis patients compared with controls, as well as an increased (P < 0.05)incidence of arrested embryos in vitro. Taken together, these observations suggest that infertilityin endometriosis patients may be related to alterations within the oocyte which, in turn, result in embryos of lower quality, as demonstrated in our IVF programme, and a lower ability to implant, as shown in the oocyte donationmodel.

Key words: assisted reproduction/embryo development/endometriosis/implantation/infertility


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