Abstract
To study the prevalence, clinical and laparoscopic characteristics of endometriosis in infertile women. This is a hospital-based prospective study. Five hundred and two (502) patients underwent diagnostic laparoscopy for evaluation of cause for infertility. Staging of endometriosis was done according to the rAFS scoring system. Out of 502 women, 276 (54.98%) showed the presence of endometriosis, while 226 (45.01%) did not have endometriosis. One hundred and eighty-three (66.3%) women had stage I endometriosis, 49 (17.77%) had stage II, 23 (8.33%) had stage III and 21 (7.6%) had stage IV endometriosis. More than 50% of patients in our study were asymptomatic; however, the presence of menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia and chronic pelvic pain are also clinically statistically significant. So, we would like to recommend the evaluation and treatment of a patient reporting in gynaecological OPD with the above-mentioned complaints with high suspicion of endometriosis.
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