Abstract:Objective To study the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis (EMS).Methods A total of 94 EMS patients treated in The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College from January 2017 to September 2018 were selected and randomly divided into routine group and laparoscopic group, respectively. The routine group was treated with open surgery, while the laparoscopic group was treated with laparoscopic surgery. The perioperative indicators, postoperative indicators and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups, and the recurrence rate and the successful pregnancy rate of the two groups were analyzed after 2 years of follow-up.Results There was no difference in the operative duration between the two groups (P > 0.05). The intraoperative blood loss in the laparoscopic group was less than that in the routine group (P < 0.05). The time to first flatus and the length of hospital stay in the laparoscopic group were shorter than those in the routine group (P < 0.05). There was no difference in the serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP) at 1 day after the surgery (P > 0.05), whereas the serum level of CRP at 3 days after the surgery was lower in the laparoscopic group than that in the routine group (P < 0.05). The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores were compared between the two group at 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, and the repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed that the VAS scores were different among the time points (F = 1,070.233, P < 0.05) and between the two groups (F = 1,701.139, P < 0.05). Compared with the routine group, the laparoscopic group had lower VAS scores and therefore better analgesic effects. Besides, the change trends of VAS scores were also different between the two groups (F = 59.125, P < 0.05). The overall incidence of postoperative complications in the laparoscopic group was lower than that in the routine group (P < 0.05). There was no difference in the recurrence rate between the two groups (P > 0.05). The pregnancy rates within 1 year and 2 years after the surgery in the laparoscopic group were both higher than those in the routine group (P < 0.05).Conclusions Laparoscopic surgery is effective for EMS patients. It ameliorates the postoperative inflammatory responses, reduces the risk of adverse events, and improves the postoperative pregnancy rates.