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BACKGROUND: Management of endometriosis should be based on the best available evidence. The pyramid of evidence reflects unbiased observations analysed with traditional statistics. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the clinical interpretatio…

Endometriosis is a common problem affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing age. It is a condition with unknown pathology, leaving us with several theories. However, about half of women with endometriosis complain of difficulty conceiving. T…

Introduction: Endometriosis, one of the most common benign gynaecological diseases, is characterized by a reduced quality of life due to various physical and psychological stresses. Late diagnosis is associated with disease progression and …

According to some studies, extragenital endometriosis represents 5% of the localisations. Its prevalence seems to be underestimated. The extra pelvic localisation can make the diagnosis more difficult. Nevertheless, the recurrent and catame…

Minimal and mild endometriosis (stage 1 and 2 AFSR) can lead to chronic pelvic pain and infertility but can also exist in asymptomatic patients. The prevalence of asymptomatic patients with minimal and mild endometriosis is not clear but ty…

Based on the best evidence available, we have provided guidelines for clinical practice to target the nature of endometriosis as a disease, the consequences of its natural history on management, and the clinical and imaging evaluation of th…

ObjectivesTo evaluate the feasibility and functional urinary and digestive results of nerve sparing techniques in endometriosis surgery.MethodsA research on the medline/pubmed database using specific keywords (nerve sparing, endometriosis, …

First-line diagnostic investigations for endometriosis are physical examination and pelvic ultrasound. The second-line investigations are: targeted pelvic examination performed by an expert clinician, transvaginal ultrasound performed by an…

First-line investigations to diagnose endometriosis are clinical examination and pelvic ultrasound. Second-line investigations include pelvic examination performed by a referent clinician, transvaginal ultrasound performed by a referent ech…

The management of endometriosis related infertility requires a global approach. In this context, the prescription of an anti-gonadotropic hormonal treatment does not increase the rate of non-ART (assisted reproductive technologies) pregnanc…

In this chapter we have examined the possibilities of screening endometriosis, both in the general population as well as in the target population. We then proposed decision trees, for primary and secondary care. Currently, there is not enou…

The article presents French guidelines for surgical management of endometriosis. Surgical treatment is recommended for mild to moderate endometriosis, as it decreases pelvic painful complaints and increases the likelihood of postoperative c…

ObjectiveTo provide clinical practice guidelines for the management of painful endometriosis in women without infertility.MethodsSystematic review of the literature literature since 2006, level of evidence rating, external proofreading and …

The core definition of endometriosis is when endometrial glands and stoma are identified outside the uterine cavity. It is estimated to affect 2-10% of women in their reproductive age, and 50% of patients complain of infertility. Ovarian en…

IntroductionThe objectives were to evaluate the acceptability, reliability and validity of the cross-cultural adaptation of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 instrument into French.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted between J…

The purpose of the studyTo study preoperative thresholds of the SF-36 components above which we can predict a high risk of failure in order to improve the quality of life after surgery for patients with minimal endometriosis.Material and me…

ObjectiveThe study was performed to evaluate whether trauma is an initial event of development of endometriosis.MethodUsing Medline database from January 1960 up to December 2014, a systematic review was made of all published studies using …

Endometriosis is a common condition in women, whose main repercussions are painful symptoms. In addition, it was shown that endometriosis was a major cause of infertility and various obstetric complications could be related to this patholog…

5To whom correspondence should be addressed Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease with possible genetic predisposition and involvement of environ-mental factors in its pathogenesis. The genetic polymorphism of glutathione S-transferase …