Ethanol Sclerotherapy for Endometriomas in Infertile Women: A Narrative Review
Yavuz Emre Şükür, Batuhan Aslan, Bulut Varlı, Pınar Özcan, Angelos Daniilidis, Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos · 2024
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Yavuz Sukur and co-authors review alcohol based treatment for ovarian cysts caused by endometriosis in women who cannot conceive, in a paper from 2024. These cysts lower the ovary's egg reserve and worsen fertility outcomes. The standard fix, cutting the cyst out, often lowers the reserve further, which is a poor trade for women seeking pregnancy.
The alcohol method drains the cyst and washes it with ethanol to kill its lining, leaving the ovary in place. Studies gathered in the review found pregnancy rates after the method much like or better than after cyst surgery. More eggs could be retrieved as well, which may raise total live births over a full course of fertility care. Risks such as cyst return and rare complications are weighed honestly in the review.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yavuz Emre Şükür, Batuhan Aslan, Bulut Varlı, Pınar Özcan, Angelos Daniilidis, Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |