STUDY QUESTION: What are the pain characteristics among women, with no prior endometriosis diagnosis, undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy regardless of clinical indication? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women with surgically visualized endometriosis rep…
ObjectiveWe sought to identify risk factors for endometriosis and their consistency across study populations in the Endometriosis: Natural History, Diagnosis, and Outcomes (ENDO) Study.Study designIn this prospective matched, exposure cohor…
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the interrater and intrarater reliability of endometriosis diagnosis and severity of disease among gynecologic surgeons viewing operative digital images. METHODS: The study population comprised a random sample (n=148 …
OBJECTIVE: To review the relation between adhesions and pelvic pain and the effectiveness of adhesiolysis in pain control. DESIGN: Selective review of the literature. PATIENT(S): Patients with pelvic pain and/or undergoing adhesiolysis fo…