Emile Melki

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
article 2022
·doi:10.48107/cmj.2022.06.002

ABSTRACT Background Endometriosis is a common disorder in women of childbearing age. Standard medical and surgical treatments are not always satisfactory. Shockwave therapy has been suggested as a possible novel treatment. There are no clin…

preprint 2021
·doi:10.5281/zenodo.4584181

Transvaginal Low Intensity Shockwave Therapy in Endometriosis (T-LISTE) : protocol for a pilot trialABSTRACT Background Endometriosis is a frequent disorder in women of childbearing age. Standard medical and surgical treatments are often un…

article 2019
Medical hypotheses ·doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2019.02.022

Endometriosis affects 10-15% of women. When medication is unsatisfactory, not well tolerated or unwanted, surgery remains the sole option. There is a need for a less invasive treatment. We suggest the application of shock wave therapy (SWT)…