Andrew Zakhari

OBJECTIVE: To provide health care professionals with an evidence-based approach to the management of endometriosis and its associated symptoms. TARGET POPULATION: Women and gender-diverse individuals affected by endometriosis. BENEFITS, H…

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate a reproducible approach to the laparoscopic excision of endometriosis involving the obturator nerve. SETTING: Academic tertiary care hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Case of a 30-year-old woman found on MRI to have a 1.6 …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a hormone-sensitive inflammatory condition affecting between 5% and 10% of reproductive-aged women and an unknown number of gender-diverse individuals. It is often associated with debilitating pelvic pain sympto…

Although much progress has been made since endometriosis was first scientifically described centuries ago, numerous unanswered questions still surround this chronic, inflammatory condition. For instance, one theory on the pathogenesis of en…

(Abstracted from Obstet Gynecol 2024;143:53–66 Up to 1 in 10 women of reproductive age is affected by endometriosis, a condition that is characterized by endometrial-like tissue manifesting in the pelvis or abdomen external to the uterus. A…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of medical management on the size of ovarian endometriomas. DATA SOURCE: Online databases were searched from inception to October 2022, including Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, PubMed, EBM Reviews-Cochrane Cent…

OBJECTIVE: To assess which interventions are effective in reducing fluid absorption at the time of hysteroscopy. DATA SOURCE: Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, PubMed (non-MEDLINE records only), EBM Reviews-Cochrane Central Register of Controlled …

BACKGROUND: Although surgery for endometriosis can improve pain and fertility, the risk of disease recurrence is high. There is little consensus regarding the benefit of medical therapy in preventing recurrence of endometriosis following su…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition affecting 10% to 15% of reproductive-age women and may cause dyspareunia, dysmenorrhoea, and infertility. One treatment strategy is combining surgery and medical therapy to redu…