{"paper_id":"c7f22395-be65-45e2-a9b2-fbdc47ed3aaf","body_text":"Abstract\nEndometriosis is a complex disease whose etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment are still being investigated [7]. It may be associated with dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia and is often a cause of infertility. Clinical management of the disease varies according to the patient’s child-bearing desire and is controversial. It may consist of medical therapy with a variety of hormones, all designed to suppress the disease by decreasing size, quantity and vascularization. Subsequent or alternative surgical therapy aims at removal of the endometrial implants and repair of anatomic pathology. Often, combined treatment schemes are applied.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nCorson SL, Woodland M, Frishman G, Batzer FR, Godal B, Maislin G (1989) Treatment of endometriosis with a Nd:YAG tissue-contact laser probe via la-paroscopy. Int J Fertil 34(4): 284–288.\nDonnez J, Nisolle M, Wayembergh M, Clerckx F, Casanas-Roux F (1989) CO2 laser laparoscopy in peritoneal endometriosis and in ovarian endometrial cyst. In: Donnez J (ed) Laser operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. Nauwelaerts Printing, Leuven, 53–75.\nFeste JR (1985) Laser laparoscopy: a new modality. J Reprod Med 30:1089–1094.\nGreen R (1966) Conservative surgical treatment of endometriosis. Clin Obstet Gynecol 9:293.\nGordts S, Boeckx W, Brosens I (1984) Microsurgery of endometriosis in infertile patients. Fertil Steril 42:520–525.\nNezahat C, Crowgui S, Carrison C (1986) Surgical treatment of endometriosis via laser laparoscopy. Fertil Steril 45:778–783.\nSanfilippo JS (1989) Endometriosis. In: Sanfilippo JS, Levine RL (eds) Operative gynecologic endoscopy. Springer, New York Berlin Heidelberg, pp 236–250.\nShirk GJ (1989) Use of the Nd:YAG laser for treatment of endometriosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 160(6): 1344–1348.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1992 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nWallwiener, D., Pollmann, D., Stolz, W., Sohn, C., Bastert, G. (1992). Laser Therapy of Endometriosis. In: Bastert, G., Wallwiener, D. (eds) Lasers in Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45683-1_17\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45683-1_17\nPublisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg\nPrint ISBN: 978-3-642-45685-5\nOnline ISBN: 978-3-642-45683-1\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}