Effectiveness of a conservative laparotomy
It is difficult to give an indication of the success rates of a conservative laparotomy due to the lack of large-scale studies carried out to evaluate its effectiveness. There are few statistics on the success of surgery in terms of relieving the symptoms or on the proportion of women who experience a recurrence of their symptoms following surgery. Almost all of the available statistics are concerned with the proportion of women desiring pregnancy who conceived following surgery. Although the reported figures vary widely those statistics indicate that on average approximately 60% of women with mild disease, 50% of women with moderate disease and 40% of women with severe disease, can expect to conceive following a conservative laparotomy.
Risks and complications of a conservative laparotomy
The risks and complications of a conservative laparotomy are the same as for a laparotomy.
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