Table 1.

Details of included studies.

References	Character	Country	Size	Mean age (in years)	Allocation criteria	Participants	Surgical procedure details	Risk of bias
Bendifallah 2017 (13)	Retrospective cohort	France	Surgery: 55 ART: 55	Surgery: 31.3 ART: 32	Patients’ preferences	Women with infertility with DIE (in situ colorectal endometriosis)	Shaving, disc excision, or segmental resection	Low
Bianchi 2009 (14)	Prospective cohort	Brazil	Surgery: 64 ART: 105	Surgery: 32 ART: 32	Patients’ preferences	Women with infertility with clinical and TVS diagnosis of DIE (with or without colorectal endometriosis) and <38 years	Extensive laparoscopic excision of all DIE lesions and endometriomas	High
Ferrier 2023 (16)	Retrospective cohort	France	Surgery: 92 ART: 92	Surgery: 32.7 ART: 32	Patients’ preferences	Patients between 18 and 43 years with infertility associated with DIE without colorectal involvement	Complete removal of endometriotic lesions by laparoscopy	High
Maignien 2020 (12)	Retrospective cohort	France	Surgery: 155 ART: 67	All patients: 33	Patients’ preferences	DE patients who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment	NR	Moderate
Mounsambote 2017 (17)	Retrospective cohort	France	Surgery: 35 ART: 37	Surgery: 32.1 ART: 33.1	Patients’ preferences	Women with infertility with DIE and without digestive involvement	Complete resection of endometriosis	High
Rubod 2019 (15)	Retrospective cohort	France	Surgery: 78 ART: 64	All patients: 31.1	Complete surgery: patients who were symptomatic. Incomplete surgery: asymptomatic patients only to facilitate IVF conditions. No surgery: asymptomatic patients with no affectation of IVF conditions	Women with infertility with posterior deep endometriosis	Complete surgery of all DIE lesions and endometriomas after failure of medical treatment	High

DIE, Deep infiltrating endometriosis; ART, Assisted Reproductive Technologies; TVS, Transvaginal sonography; IVF, In-vitro fertilization; NR, Not reported.