Caracterización de la endometriosis y su repercusión en la fertilidad en mujeres entre los 18 a 49 años de edad del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo entre el 2018 al 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Endometriosis is a chronic disorder present in ages 18 to 49 years. The WHO indicates that it affects a total of 190 million people. Its clinical manifestations are mainly characterized by pelvic pain. Objective: Todescribe the characteristics of endometriosis and its impact on female fertility between 18 and 49 years of age at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital between 2018 and 2022. Materials and methods: 169 patients who were attended at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital between 2018 and 2022 were chosen, fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria, in order to carry out this observational, analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional work. Results: The main clinical manifestation of endometriosis was pelvic pain in 85.1% of cases. Infertility is related to genetic/familial correlation that affects first-degree blood relatives, which was evidenced in the study and 91.1% of the patients had endometriosis as a family pathological antecedent. Conclusion:Endometriosis is a pathology that affects more than 175 million women. The population mostly affected by this pathology was in the age range of 28 to 33 years.