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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the change in overall pain after surgery in participants with suspected isolated superficial peritoneal endometriosis (iSPE), and to identify improvement predictors. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING…

AIM: GnRH agonists and dienogest are well established treatments for Endometriosis associated pain. Recently, oral GnRH antagonists were introduced and shown to be effective for endometriosis treatment. Yet, superiority of either of those d…

Study Objective To compare pregnancy rates in women with advanced stage endometriosis suffering infertility undergoing surgery vs in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting Tertiary medical …

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 endometri…

Abstract Study question What are the pregnancy outcomes for women with moderate or severe endometriosis who are trying to conceive? Summary answer Preliminary pregnancy rates in women with moderate/severe endometriosis are 11% for natural c…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis affects up to 10% of reproductive age women and is associated with pelvic pain and subfertility. While previous studies have shown an association between deep and ovarian endometriosis to reduced ovarian reserve, th…

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…

Abstract Hysterectomy may impact young women’s perceptions of their gender identity and fertility status, with implications for quality of life. However, research into this important area is limited, particularly among women with benign dis…

Endometriosis, affecting 6-10% of reproductive age women, is more commonly found on the left side of the pelvis. This laterality phenomenon’s etiology remains unclear. We propose four different theories explaining the left laterality of end…

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…

Women with endometriosis suffer lengthy diagnostic delay. In part, this is the consequence of nonspecific and overlapping symptomology with common gynaecological and other diseases. As such, endometriosis may be confused or misdiagnosed as …

It was suggested in the 1980s that long-term pituitary down-regulation by a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist, termed the ultra-long protocol, inducing a hypo-oestrogenic state, might improve reproductive outcomes in women with endome…

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively compare long-term lower gastrointestinal function before and after laparoscopic surgery for deep endometriosis (DE). METHODS: In this prospective observational study we followed 149 patients with confirmed DE wh…

PURPOSE: As the use of the messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine has grown, reports on menstrual changes have arisen. We aimed to examine menstrual bleeding patterns and endometriosis-associated sy…

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 health …

Sir, We thank Professor Donnez for his interest and considered response in regard to our article (Colgrave et al., 2020). In current practice, a pathologist will diagnose endometriosis using sections from biopsies stained with haematoxylin …

BACKGROUND: Deep endometriosis (DE) may significantly affect women's quality of life. Limited data exists on the effect of surgery on the several domains of sexual function. AIM: To prospectively compare various domains of sexual function b…