Placenta previa and placental abruption after assisted reproductive technology in patients with endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gasparri, Maria Luisa; Nirgianakis, Konstantinos; Taghavi, Katayoun; Papadia, Andrea; Mueller, Michael (2018). Placenta previa and placental abruption after assisted reproductive technology in patients with endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 298(1), pp. 27-34. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00404-018-4765-x

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INTRODUCTION

Recent evidence suggests that assisted reproductive technology (ART) increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including placental disorders. Similarly, endometriosis resulted detrimental on placenta previa. However, up to 50% of women with endometriosis suffer from infertility, thus requiring ART. The aim of our metanalysis is to compare women with and without endometriosis undergoing ART in terms of placenta disorders events, to establish if ART itself or endometriosis, as an indication to ART, increases the risk of placenta previa.

METHODS

Literature searches were conducted in January 2018 using electronic databases (PubMed, Medline, Scopus, Embase, Science Direct, and the Cochrane Library Scopus). Series comparing pregnancy outcome after ART in women with and without endometriosis were screened and data on placenta previa and placental abruption were extracted.

RESULTS

Five retrospective case-control studies met the inclusion criteria. The meta-analysis revealed that endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of placenta previa in pregnancies achieved through ART (OR 2.96 (95% CI 1.25-7.03); p = 0.01, I=69%, random-effect model). No differences in placental abruption incidence were found (OR 0.44 (95% CI 0.10-1.87); p = 0.26, I= 0%, fixed-effect model).

CONCLUSION

Patients with endometriosis undergoing ART may have additional risk of placenta previa. Despite the inability to determine if endometriosis alone or endometriosis plus ART increase the risk, physicians should be aware of the potential additional risk that endometriosis patients undergoing ART harbor.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology

UniBE Contributor:

Nirgianakis, Konstantinos, Papadia, Andrea, Mueller, Michael

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0932-0067

Publisher:

Springer-Verlag

Language:

English

Submitter:

Monika Zehr

Date Deposited:

26 Mar 2019 13:05

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00404-018-4765-x

PubMed ID:

29602980

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Adverse pregnancy outcome Assisted reproduction Endometriosis Placenta previa Placental abruption

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.125748

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/125748

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