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OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for opioid use and assess the effect of opioids on women with endometriosis. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A tertiary medical center. PARTICIPANTS: Women with confirmed or suspected endom…

BACKGROUND: Pain is a common, severe symptom related to endometriosis. Despite this prominent feature, there is limited literature regarding its description and use of integrative treatment methods. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe endometr…

BACKGROUND: Despite surgical and pharmacological interventions, endometriosis can recur. Reliable information regarding risk of recurrence following a first diagnosis is scant. The aim of this study was to examine clinical and survey data i…

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have suggested that endometriosis is associated with increased hypercoagulable state. We aimed to determine the procoagulant potential among women with endometriosis before and after surgery. METHODS: A prospec…

BACKGROUND: Central sensitisation (CS) leads to pain amplification and impacts on the management of pelvic pain (PP). Identification of CS in patients with PP may provide additional treatment pathways and improve patient outcomes. AIMS: Th…

BACKGROUND: To better understand the potential role of social media (SM) as a self-management tool for individuals with endometriosis and to assess its current use by endometriosis patients. AIMS: The primary outcome was use of SM for heal…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe cases of conversion from gynecologic laparoscopy to open surgery and to assess risk factors for conversion and conversion outcomes. DESIGN: A retrospective case-control study. SETTING: Tertiary referral hospit…

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating condition, and establishing both an etiology and a successful management plan is challenging. Bladder pain syndrome (BPS) is one such etiology, with some studies reporting a…