Mette Haase Moen

Endometriosis is one of the most common benign gynecological diseases; it affects 6–10% of women of fertile age, and has received much attention. In spite of this, there are still challenges concerning diagnosis and treatment. The diagnosti…

Endometriosis surgery is considered often to be complicated operations. We therefore wanted to study the rate of complications in surgery for endometriosis compared to similar surgical intervention on other indications.

Abstract Objective . Previous studies have elucidated the negative impact of endometriosis on life, but the patient selection may have contributed to a skewed picture. The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinally the consequences…

BACKGROUND: Inflammation is considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Inflammatory activation in endometriosis was tested based on the hypothesis that pain and endometriosis stage are related to the degree of local and…

BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis claim that delayed diagnosis is a problem. Anglo-American studies have shown a delay from 3 to 11 years between the onset of pain symptoms and the final diagnosis of endometriosis. The aim of this study …

Background. Women with endometriosis claim that delayed diagnosis is a problem. Anglo-American studies have shown a delay from 3 to 11 years between the onset of pain symptoms and the final diagnosis of endometriosis. The aim of this study …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis in Norwegian women aged 40 to 42, and to evaluate reproductive events and life-style as risk factors for endometriosis as well as to evaluate related health-problems. MATE…

OBJECTIVE: To study the reproductive and medical history of monozygotic twin sisters and mothers of patients with endometriosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Among 515 patients with endometriosis, eight had a monozygotic twin sister all of whom ha…

The aim of this study was to compare the macroscopic evaluation of peritoneal abnormalities suspected of endometriosis with the histologic examination of the tissue. Peritoneal biopsies from 152 patients investigated for gynecological probl…

This study was performed to evaluate CA 125 in peritoneal fluid as an indicator of endometriosis. Peritoneal fluid from patients with mostly minimal and mild endometriosis (n = 43) and normal controls (n = 17) was collected at laparoscopy o…

The prevalence of endometriosis was investigated in 208 women at the time of laparoscopic tubal sterilization. In 101 women who were in the first trimester of pregnancy, 16% endometriosis was found. In 107 non-pregnant women, 22% endometrio…

Endometriosis was found in 42 (20%) of 206 symptom-free, parous Norwegian women with a mean age of 37 years at the time of sterilization. Case-control analysis between the 42 women with endometriosis and the 164 without endometriosis reveal…

The prevalence of endometriosis was investigated in 108 Norwegian women admitted for interval tubal sterilization. The mean age of the patients was 37 years. Endometriosis was detected in 19 (18%) of the women. About one-half of these had n…

Previous studies have demonstrated a hereditary tendency to develop endometriosis and the incidence of the disease varies in different ethnic groups. The genetic background to these differences has not been clearly explained. The present in…