Keyhole surgery protects future fertility:
The team reports that after keyhole [aka laparascopic] surgery, the number of dominant follicles was reduced by 60 percent, the number of eggs was reduced by 53 percent and the number of embryos was reduced by 55 percent. The number of high-quality embryos in the affected ovary was reduced by 52 percent.
However, fertilization rates and the rate of high-grade embryos were similar to that produced by the intact ovary.
The team concludes that "the fertilization rate and rate of high-quality embryos are not influenced by excision of previous endometriomas."
Translation: The operated-upon ovary does have a decrease in the number of eggs it has remaining. But it doesn't seem to affect the chances of the woman getting pregnant after surgery.
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