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Endometriosis: its association with retrograde menstruation, dysmenorrhoea and tubal pathology
Article first published online: 22 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07995.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 93, Issue 8, pages 859–862, August 1986
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LIU, D. T. Y. and HITCHCOCK, A. (1986), Endometriosis: its association with retrograde menstruation, dysmenorrhoea and tubal pathology. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 93: 859–862. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07995.x
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- Issue published online: 22 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 22 AUG 2005
- Received 25 January 1985, Resubmitted 30 July 1985, Accepted 11 January 1986
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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.