Thomas D’Hooghe

No ORCID on file · 255 papers in corpus · active 1991-2026

Study types

  • article 181
  • review 35
  • letter 11
  • book-chapter 8
  • other 6

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 229
  • infertility 37
  • dysmenorrhea 9
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 8
  • dyspareunia 6
  • adenomyosis 3
  • endometrioma 2
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • disambig:endometritis 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
article 2014
review 2014
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000358392

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a prevalent condition compromising physical and psychosocial health and thus requiring patient-centered care, which is guided by patients' values. This study aimed to find out what the patient's perspective on e…

article 2014
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1209

OBJECTIVE: To harmonize standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standardize the recording of associated data for collection, processing, and storage of human tissues relevant to endometriosis. DESIGN: An international collaboration involvi…

review 2014
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1244

OBJECTIVE: To harmonize the collection of nonsurgical clinical and epidemiologic data relevant to endometriosis research, allowing large-scale collaboration. DESIGN: An international collaboration involving 34 clinical/academic centers and …

review 2014
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1208

OBJECTIVE: To harmonize standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standardize the recording of associated data for collection, processing, and storage of fluid biospecimens relevant to endometriosis. DESIGN: An international collaboration in…

article 2014
·doi:10.18370/2309-4117.2014.19.54-67

Study question: What is the optimal management of women with endometriosis based on the best available evidence in the literature?Summary answer: Using the structured methodology of the Manual for ESHRE Guideline Development, 83 recommendat…

review 2013
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0032-1333475

Due to the confounding or unknown presence of endometriosis in both cases and controls, it is difficult to test the hypothesis that adenomyosis causes infertility. Based on the limited available evidence, there is evidence to support a caus…

article 2013

Bevezetes: Az endometriosis az egyik leggyakoribb nőgyogyaszati betegseg, tobb mint 70 millio felnőtt es serdulő nőt erint vilagszerte. Celkitűzes: A szerzők az endometriosis diagnosztikus kesedelmi idejenek meghatarozasat, a sebeszi, illet…

review 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.097

A noninvasive test for endometriosis would be useful for the early detection of endometriosis in symptomatic women who have pelvic pain and/or subfertility with normal ultrasound results. This would include nearly all cases of minimal-to-mi…

article 2013
article 2013
Annals of surgery ·doi:10.1097/sla.0b013e31828dfc5c

OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical outcome of women requiring laparoscopic excision of moderate-severe endometriosis in women with and without bowel resection and reanastomosis. METHODS: Two hundred three patients with laparoscopically excis…

article 2013
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/det050

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a global consensus on the management of endometriosis that considers the views of women with endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: It was possible to produce an international consensus statement on the current management o…

article 2013
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719113477495

Endometriosis, defined as estrogen-dependent lesions containing endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus, is a chronic and often painful gynecological condition that affects 6% to 10% of reproductive age women. Endometriosis has est…

article 2013
article 2013
article 2013
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/det260

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a difference between women with endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic surgery with bowel resection or without bowel resection regarding depressive symptoms, relational adjustment and sexual functioning? SUMMARY A…

editorial 2013
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000354330
article 2013
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2013-2851

CONTEXT: Endometriosis affects 10% of the women before menopause and has important personal, professional, and societal economic burdens. Because current medical treatments are aimed at reducing the symptoms only, novel therapeutic targets …

letter 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.12.050
article 2013
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des457

STUDY QUESTION: Is it possible to replicate the previously identified genetic association of four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs12700667, rs7798431, rs1250248 and rs7521902, with endometriosis in a Caucasian population? SUMMARY …

article 2013
·doi:10.1556/oh.2013.29699

Introduction: Endometriosis is one of the most common gynaecological diseases affecting 70 million women worldwide. Aim: The aims of this study were to determinate the diagnostic delay of endometriosis, to assess the effectiveness of surgic…

article 2013
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/det284

STUDY QUESTION: To what extent do the management of endometriosis and the symptoms that remain after treatment affect the quality of life in women with the disease? SUMMARY ANSWER: Many women with endometriosis had impaired quality of life …

article 2013
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.09.020

Endometriosis is a complex disease that affects a large number of women of reproductive age and imposes a significant burden on patients and society. The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnosis, comorbidities, healthcare resource use, t…

article 2012
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.08.013

ObjectiveEpidemiological data indicate that endometriosis increases the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), but the mechanism of cancer transition is unknown. Results from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and transcriptome sequen…

review 2012
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/gco.0b013e3283556285

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To present the clinical outcome after laparoscopic radical excision of deeply infiltrative endometriosis (DIE) with colorectal extension and laparoscopic segmental bowel resection. RECENT FINDINGS: In three different stud…