S J Emans — Endo Lab

article 1997

Prevalence of Endometriosis in Adolescent Girls With Chronic Pelvic Pain Not Responding to Conventional Therapy

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(97)70085-8

Study objectiveTo evaluate adolescent girls with chronic pelvic pain not responding to conventional medical therapy, using advances in operative laparoscopy to determine endometriosis prevalence, clinical stage, and type of lesion.DesignA d…

article 1980

Adolescent endometriosis

Journal of adolescent health care : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine ·doi:10.1016/s0197-0070(80)80007-6

Endometriosis was encountered in 66 of 140 patients (47%) who underwent laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain at Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center. Pelvic pain associated with this diagnosis was both cyclic and acyclic and typically b…

article 1979

New insights into the old problem of chronic pelvic pain

Journal of pediatric surgery ·doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(79)80243-2

Between July, 1974 and February, 1979, 109 adolescent girls, ranging in age from 10 1/2 to 19 yr. with unexplained chronic pelvic pain, underwent diagnostic laparoscopy. Endometriosis was the most common finding occurring in 49 patients (45…