%0 Journal Article %T Endometriosis & infertility: How and when to treat? %A Anis Fadhlaoui %A Jean Bouquet De Jolini¨¨re %A Anis Feki %J Frontiers in Surgery %D 2014 %I Frontiers Media %R 10.3389/fsurg.2014.00024 %X Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue (glands or stroma) outside the uterus, which induces a chronic inflammatory reaction. Although endometriosis impairs fertility, it does not usually completely prevent conception. The question of evidence based-medicine guidelines in endometriosis-associated infertility is week in many situations. Therefore, we will highlight in this issue where the challenges are. %K Endometriosis %K Infertility %K Female %K laparoscopic surgery %K IVF %K hormonal therapy %U http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2014.00024/abstract