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**Endoscopy versus IVF:** 

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter



In modern practice, three schools are competitors for infertility management, namely expectant, endoscopic and assisted reproductive techniques (ART) approaches. There are no RCTs that compare the effectiveness of surgery againsteither IVF or expectant management.

withour hydrosalpnix and paratubal cysts, endometrioma).


**2. Current approaches for infertility management** 

Any treatment should be compared to expectant therapy.

The following table demonstrates pros and cons of each approach (1).

**The Way to Go** 

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Laparoscopic adnexal surgery.



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**2.1. Rationale of expectant therapy** 

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**1. Introduction** 

**1.1. Outlines** 


**Chapter 2** 
