Päivi Härkki
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· 35 papers in corpus
· active 2007-2026
Study types
- article 25
- other 8
- book-chapter 1
- review 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 30
- infertility 7
- die_deep_infiltrating 5
- dysmenorrhea 3
- dyspareunia 3
- endometrioma 2
- chronic_pelvic_pain 2
- thoracic_endometriosis 1
- adenomyosis 1
- bowel_endometriosis 1
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Frequent coauthors
- Oskari Heikinheimo 21
- Liisu Saavalainen 19
- Mika Gissler 15
- Anna But 14
- Aila Tiitinen 13
- Marjaleena Setälä 9
- Heini Lassus 5
- Jari Haukka 5
- Jyrki Kössi 5
- Eero Pukkala 5
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2026
OBJECTIVE: To study first birth rates according to endometriosis subtype after surgical diagnosis among nulliparous women. DESIGN: Retrospective population-based cohort study using Finnish national registers, linking women with first surgi…
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2025
STUDY QUESTION: How does the burden of somatic disorders compare between women with surgically verified endometriosis diagnosed in adolescence or early adulthood, and matched women without a history of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women …
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2025
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is associated with educational and occupational challenges, including absenteeism and reduced capacity to study and work. We aimed to investigate long-term educational and occupational outcomes among women diagno…
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2025
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is associated with pain and infertility. However, little is known about birth rate among women with endometriosis on population level. We studied whether women with endometriosis have lower birth rate than women …
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2025
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial aspects underlie and maintain persistent pain. Emotions have emerged as a target for psychological interventions in pain management. Our aim was to better understand the relationship between emotions and bodily sens…
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2024
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis diagnosed in adults is associated with increased risk of various psychiatric disorders. However, little is known concerning psychiatric comorbidity and mortality due to external causes associated with endometriosis…
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2023
STUDY QUESTION: Do women with endometriosis have lower first live birth rate before surgical diagnosis than women without verified endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Compared to reference women, the incidence of first live birth was lower in w…
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2023
INTRODUCTION: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects over one fifth of women worldwide, and endometriosis is one of the most common causes. In the present study, we examined whether sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is effective in the treatment of r…
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2022
INTRODUCTION: Increasing awareness of endometriosis in adolescents requires data on the nature of the disease and its management. Our objective was to investigate the subtypes of surgically confirmed endometriosis in adolescents (aged <20 y…
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2021
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2020
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2020
ObjectiveTo study reproductive outcomes, and pregnancy and delivery complications after conservative or operative treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis during long-term follow-up.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingUniversity hospital…
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2019
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2019
INTRODUCTION: The association between endometriosis and breast cancer is unclear. We assessed the risk of breast cancer in women with surgically verified endometriosis, with special focus on the age at cancer diagnosis, time from endometrio…
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2019
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2019
STUDY QUESTION Is all-cause and cause-specific mortality increased among women with surgically verified endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER The all-cause and cause-specific mortality in midlife was lower throughout the follow-up among women with …
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2019
STUDY QUESTION: Is all-cause and cause-specific mortality increased among women with surgically verified endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: The all-cause and cause-specific mortality in midlife was lower throughout the follow-up among women wit…
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2018
We assessed the association of surgically verified endometriosis and risk of non-gynecological cancers according to the type of endometriosis (i.e., ovarian, peritoneal and deep infiltrating endometriosis). All diagnoses of endometriosis co…
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2018
OBJECTIVE: To assess the risks of gynecologic cancer according to the type of endometriosis in women with surgically verified endometriosis. METHODS: This is a population-based study of women with surgically verified endometriosis retrieved…
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2018
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2018
Introduction To study the trends in incidence rate, type and surgical treatment, and patient characteristics of surgically verified endometriosis during 1987-2012. Material and methods This is a register-based cohort study. We identified wo…
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2017
INTRODUCTION: To study the trends in incidence rate, type and surgical treatment, and patient characteristics of surgically verified endometriosis during 1987-2012. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a register-based cohort study. We identified …
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2016
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2014
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rate of complications, factors associated with complications and long-term results in colorectal resections for the treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the bowel wall. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETT…
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2014