SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.11 número3Repercussões fetais da infeção por Zika durante a gravidezQuisto anexial às 19 semanas de gravidez: abordagem laparoscópica índice de autoresíndice de assuntosPesquisa de artigos
Home Pagelista alfabética de periódicos  

Serviços Personalizados

Journal

Artigo

Indicadores

Links relacionados

  • Não possue artigos similaresSimilares em SciELO

Compartilhar


Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa

versão impressa ISSN 1646-5830

Resumo

MACEDO, Carlos Silva  e  BARREIRO, Márcia. Adenomyosis and Reproductive Health. Acta Obstet Ginecol Port [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.3, pp.198-207. ISSN 1646-5830.

Despite the hesitancy in the past to associate adenomyosis with infertility, nowadays this association is established, with a prevalence of 1-14%, according to the literature. Structural and functional changes resulting from adenomyosis appear to be related to embryo implantation failure, infertility and adverse obstetric outcomes, such as abortion and preterm delivery. The available infertility treatments are a complex subject, since they lack a good scientific support. Nevertheless, assisted reproductive technology is an option, and the use of GnRH agonists is one the treatments that revealed better results. There is a need for further studies, in order to answer remaining questions

Palavras-chave : Adenomyosis; Infertility; Pregnancy; Reproductive techniques.

        · texto em Português     · Português ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License Todo o conteúdo deste periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons