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Endometriosis: its association with retrograde menstruation, dysmenorrhoea and tubal pathology
Author(s) -
LIU D. T. Y.,
HITCHCOCK A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07995.x
Subject(s) - endometriosis , menstruation , medicine , obstetrics , gynecology , pathology
Summary. Seventy‐five women admitted for sterilization were laparoscoped during menstruation. Retrograde spillage of menstrual blood was observed in 76%. The occurrence of dysmenorrhoea was not associated with spillage of menstrual blood, observed endometriosis or tubal pathology. Mild or stage I endometriosis was detected in 43% of all the women but in only 54% of those who had retrograde spill. Retrograde spill was seen in 97% of those with endometriosis. A significant association (P<0.00l) was found between endometriosis and tubal damage not due to endometriosis. The implication of these findings are discussed.