Table 8 Effect of surgery on fertility

Alvez Pereira et al. [20]

NA

Bailey et al. [21]

57 % (24/49 spontaneous pregnancy + 4/49 assisted conception = 28/49)

Bassi et al. [22]

NA

Brouwer and Woods [32]

NA

Coronado et al. [24]

39.4 % (13/33, no details if it is spontaneous or assisted)

Darai et al. [25]

NA

Darai et al. [26]

11.5 % (6[spontaneous]/26 laparoscopy group + 0/26 open surgery = 6/52)

Donnez et al. [27]

NA

Donnez and Squifflet [28]

84 % [221 spontaneous + 107 assisted/388]

Dousset et al. [29]

NA

Dubernard et al. [30]

NA

Duepree et al. [31]

NA

Fedele et al. [32]

34 % (17/50, no details if it is spontaneous or assisted)

Ford et al. [33]

NA

Hollett-Caines et al. [34]

57 % (26/46, 14 spontaneous, 5 clomid tablets, 7 IVF)

Jatan [35]

NA

Kavallaris et al. [36]

65 % (11/17, 7 with spontaneous pregnancy and 4 after assisted conception)

Keckstein and Wiesinger [37]

50 % (18/36, no details if it is spontaneous or assisted)

Kondo et al. [38]

NA

Maytham et al. [39]

NA

Mereu et al. [40]

NA

Meuleman et al. [41]

48 % [16/33, 7/16(44 %) spontaneously, 9/16(56 %) assisted]. Cumulative pregnancy rate 31 %, 49 %, 55 %, and 70 % after1, 2, 3, and 4 years.

Minelli et al. 2009 [42]

41.6 %( 47/113, Spontaneous 13(20 %) & assisted 51(80 %).64 pregnancies/47).

Mohr et al. [43]

23/178 = 13 % [16/93 shaving group = 17 %, 4/38 disc excision group = 11 %, 3/47 segmental resection group = 6 %]

Nezhat et al. [44]

41 % (25/61)

Pandis et al. [45]

NA

Redwine and Wright [46]

43 % (12/28) 5 of these requiring assisted conception.

Reich et al. [47]

74 % (34/46), viable intrauterine pregnancy (32/46)

Ribeiro et al. [48]

NA

Ruffo et al. [49]

NA

Slack et al. [50]

NA

Stepniewska et al. [51]

35 % (17/48), the monthly fecundity rate (2.3)

Tarjanne et al. [52]

NA

Varol et al. [53]

NA

Weed and Ray [54]

42.6 % (23/54; no details if it is spontaneous or assisted)

Wills et al. [55]

NA