Zoë Boersen

Research question: What is the current time to diagnosis among patients with endometriosis in the Netherlands, and what factors influence this time? Design: A retrospective questionnaire study was conducted in 11 hospitals in the Netherland…

RESEARCH QUESTION: Endometriosis-related chronic pain leads to impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Endometriosis surgery can improve chronic pain and HRQoL, however, pain complaints often remain and HRQoL is still lower compare…

RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the current time to diagnosis among patients with endometriosis in the Netherlands, and what factors influence this time? DESIGN: A retrospective questionnaire study was conducted in 11 hospitals in the Netherlan…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis causes severe and chronic pain leading to impaired Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). While endometriosis surgery does improve pain intensity, psychological factors have an important role in pain perception.…

BACKGROUND: Due to a heterogeneity of symptoms, a lack of an adequate diagnostic test, and a lack of awareness, diagnostic delay in endometriosis in primary care on average amounts to 35 months. AIM: To determine which interventions are mo…

A long-term follow-up study to determine the contribution of psychological factors to quality of life after endometriosis surgery

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis can cause chronic pain and subfertility thereby negatively affecting quality of life (QoL). Surgical removal of endometriosis lesions leads to improved health-related QoL, although not to the level of QoL of heal…

Background and Objectives: Laparoscopic hysterectomy is one of the surgical treatment options for endometriosis. A rare complication of this surgical procedure is vaginal cuff dehiscence, with an incidence of 0.03% to 0.30%. Sexual intercou…