Bruno Imthurn

Introduction: Women with endometriosis require individualized, long-term treatment. Analyzing prescription choices, medication switches, discontinuations, and breaks can describe real-world treatment patterns and optimize pathways for women…

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that requires a suitable, lifelong treatment. To our knowledge, the Visanne Post-approval Observational Study (VIPOS) is to date the largest real-world, non-interventional study investigating hormonal mana…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common gynecologic disease associated with a significant burden on women's health and healthcare systems. Currently approved hormonal treatments for endometriosis can be effective in controlling symptoms, bu…

Objectives Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease most commonly causing severe and chronic pelvic pain as well as an impaired quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate if and how endometriosis affects choices regarding pr…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis-associated pain and dyspareunia influence female sexuality, but little is known about men's experiences in affected couples. AIM: To investigate how men partners experience sexuality in partnership with women with …

STUDY QUESTION: Is fatigue a frequent symptom of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Fatigue is an underestimated symptom of endometriosis as it affects the majority of women with endometriosis, but it is not widely discussed in literature. WHAT…

STUDY QUESTION: Is maltreatment during childhood (MC), e.g. sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect, associated with diagnosis of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Childhood sexual abuse, emotional abuse/neglect and inconsist…

Endometriosis affects various aspects of women's lives. We searched for predictors for patient satisfaction with medical support (PSwMS) in women with endometriosis. The study was designed as a multi-centre retrospective cohort study. We ap…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of miscarriage in women with endometriosis (WwE) compared with disease-free control women (CW). DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis nested in a retrospective observational study (n = 940). SETTING: Ho…

Einleitung: Obwohl die Endometriose eine östrogenabhängige Erkrankung ist, welche nur in Ausnahmefällen außerhalb des Reproduktionsalters auftritt, ist der der Östrogenwirkung zugrunde liegende pathophysiologische Mechanismus bisher nicht g…

Current therapeutic options allow successful treatment in only part of the women presenting with endometriosis. Pain, fatigue/exhaustion, intensive and repeated therapies as well as a concentration on the disease lead to a variety of conseq…