Cookies


ESHRE ® uses cookies to improve your browsing experience on its website, as defined in the Cookie Policy (as updated on 18/03/2024). Strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Website – therefore, you cannot refuse them. Other, non-strictly necessary cookies are only placed if you consent to their use. Read more about it in our Cookie Policy. Do you agree with our use of non-strictly necessary cookies?
Manage my cookie preferences

Endometriosis-associated infertility: to operate or not?

Precongress Course 11

 SIG Reproductive Surgery  Special Interest Group Reproductive Surgery


Course coordinator

Georgios Pados (Greece)

 

Course type

Advanced

 

Course description

In this course surgical treatment of endometriosis-associated infertility will be presented and the results will be updated.

  

Target audience 

Reproductive surgeons, clinicians and practice managers

 

Needs assessment and expected educational outcomes

Experts in endometriosis-associated infertility surgery will update the current knowledge on the surgical management of this enigmatic disease and provide evidence-based approach for the various stages of endometriosis

At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to:

  1. Appraise the effectiveness of laparoscopic approach in cases of endometriosis-associated infertility
  2. Select which patients will benefit from minimal invasive surgery to achieve spontaneous pregnancy
  3. Improve the reproductive performance of patients undergoing IVF


Innovative aspects of the course

  • Evidence-based presentations on the value of minimal invasive surgery for the management of endometriosis-associated infertility
  • Determine the limits of laparoscopic surgery in cases of patients with endometriosis undergoing ART

Programme



Monday 01 July 2024

Chairs
Georgios Pados, Greece
María Isabel Acien, Spain
09:00 - 09:30
Pathophysiology of endometriosis-associated infertility
María Isabel Acien, Spain
09:30 - 09:45
Discussion
09:45 - 10:15
Medical therapy for endometriosis- associated infertility: myth or reality?
Alessandro Arena, Italy
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
María Isabel Acien, Spain
Georgios Pados, Greece
11:00 - 11:30
Surgical management of peritoneal endometriosis
Attila Vereczkey, Hungary
11:30 - 11:45
Discussion
11:45 - 12:15
Should endometriotic cyst be treated before IVF?
Angelos Daniilidis, Greece
12:15 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
Michelle Nisolle, Belgium
Stephan Gordts, Belgium
Debate: Excisional or ablative techniques for endometriotic cysts: which is the gold standard?
13:30 - 14:00
Excisional techniques
Georgios Pados, Greece
14:00 - 14:30
Ablative techniques
Michelle Nisolle, Belgium
14:30 - 14:55
Discussion
14:55 - 15:00
Announcement
Georgios Pados, Greece
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and infertility
Horace Roman, France
16:00 - 16:15
Discussion
16:15 - 16:45
What is the surgical method of choice for bowel endometriosis associated infertility?
Jorg Keckstein, Austria
16:45 - 17:00
Discussion