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SynthesisReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2025

Chronic Endometritis and Endometriosis: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos, Ursula Catena, Alexandra Kohl Schwartz, Georgios Schoretsanitis, Brigitte Leeners, Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Nicolas Samartzis

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Synthesis in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dimitrios Rafail KalaitzopoulosDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital of Schaffhausen, Geissbergstrasse 81, 8208, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Dimitrios.Kalaitzopoulos@spitaeler-sh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-8053-1308
Ursula CatenaDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Alexandra Kohl SchwartzDivision of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Georgios SchoretsanitisDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Brigitte LeenersDepartment of Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Panagiotis DrakopoulosCentre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Nicolas SamartzisDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital of Schaffhausen, Geissbergstrasse 81, 8208, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both chronic endometritis and endometriosis are common entities in infertile patients. The association and the co-existence of these two entities are poorly evaluated. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the association between chronic endometritis and endometriosis and to find the prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis. A systematic electronic search was conducted using the MEDLINE, Scopus and Cochrane databases up to May 2022. Observational studies which examined the prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis were included. Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for the quality assessment. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for dichotomous outcomes and pooled prevalences with 95% CIs were calculated. 855 studies were identified, of which six studies were included in the systematic review and five in the meta-analysis. The prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis was 28%, with higher frequency observed in women with endometriosis rASRM stage III-IV (43%) in comparison to women with endometriosis rASRM stage I-II (25%). The meta-analysis showed a significantly higher chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis in comparison to the control group (five studies, 264 endometriosis vs. 435 control, OR = 2.07; 95% CI 1.11-3.84, I

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EndometriosisEndometritisChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansPrevalenceCD-138Chronic endometritisEndometriosisImplantation failureInfertilityPlasma cells

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PMID39821822

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