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Online Published: 08 Aug 2023
 


Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review

Saad Mohammed Alsudairy, Amal Alahmad, Rola Shafeeq Ateeyh, Ziyad Abdullah Siraj Mandura, Abdulaziz Mohammed Bin Hassan, Mohammad Faisal Hariri, Majed Abdulrahman Alnami.


Abstract
Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that is characterized by the presence of benign endometrial stroma outside the uterine cavity. Endometriosis is considered a major cause of chronic pelvic pain. The correlation between endometriosis and infertility is still elusive, although such an association was clinically recognized. The present review aimed at assessing the prevalence of endometriosis among infertility and the association between endometriosis and infertility by reviewing the previous studies conducted on this subject. Scientific databases, including PubMed, Elsevier, and Google scholar, were explored to search for articles related to our subject. The keywords involved in the search process were “Endometriosis, Prevalence, Prevalent, Proportion, Infertility, Association, and Correlation.” The inclusion criteria were original English articles published after 2005 that reported the prevalence of endometriosis among infertile women. A total of 1,590 articles were obtained, and only nine articles were eligible and included in the final analysis. A total of 2,487 women were included in the nine studies. The method of assessment of endometriosis was mainly diagnostic laparoscopy. The prevalence of endometriosis among infertile women ranged between 4.9% and 47%. Endometriosis is a common condition that is highly prevalent among infertile women. Endometriosis was also more prone to be associated with primary infertility.

Key words: Endometriosis, infertility, prevalence, association.


 
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Alsudairy SM, Alahmad A, Ateeyh RS, Mandura ZAS, Hassan AMB, Hariri MF, Alnami MA. Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. IJMDC. 2023; 7(11): 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878

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Alsudairy SM, Alahmad A, Ateeyh RS, Mandura ZAS, Hassan AMB, Hariri MF, Alnami MA. Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=160701 [Access: October 14, 2025]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878

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Alsudairy SM, Alahmad A, Ateeyh RS, Mandura ZAS, Hassan AMB, Hariri MF, Alnami MA. Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. IJMDC. 2023; 7(11): 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878


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Alsudairy SM, Alahmad A, Ateeyh RS, Mandura ZAS, Hassan AMB, Hariri MF, Alnami MA. Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. IJMDC. (2023), [cited October 14, 2025]; 7(11): 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878


Harvard Style

Alsudairy, S. M., Alahmad, . A., Ateeyh, . R. S., Mandura, . Z. A. S., Hassan, . A. M. B., Hariri, . M. F. & Alnami, . M. A. (2023) Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. IJMDC, 7 (11), 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878


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Alsudairy, Saad Mohammed, Amal Alahmad, Rola Shafeeq Ateeyh, Ziyad Abdullah Siraj Mandura, Abdulaziz Mohammed Bin Hassan, Mohammad Faisal Hariri, and Majed Abdulrahman Alnami. 2023. Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 7 (11), 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878


Chicago Style

Alsudairy, Saad Mohammed, Amal Alahmad, Rola Shafeeq Ateeyh, Ziyad Abdullah Siraj Mandura, Abdulaziz Mohammed Bin Hassan, Mohammad Faisal Hariri, and Majed Abdulrahman Alnami. "Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 7 (2023), 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Alsudairy, Saad Mohammed, Amal Alahmad, Rola Shafeeq Ateeyh, Ziyad Abdullah Siraj Mandura, Abdulaziz Mohammed Bin Hassan, Mohammad Faisal Hariri, and Majed Abdulrahman Alnami. "Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 7.11 (2023), 1542-1548. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Alsudairy, S. M., Alahmad, . A., Ateeyh, . R. S., Mandura, . Z. A. S., Hassan, . A. M. B., Hariri, . M. F. & Alnami, . M. A. (2023) Endometriosis and infertility: a systematic review. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 7 (11), 1542-1548. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1689084878




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