Arnaud Fauconnier

INTRODUCTION: The Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) is a validated score for predicting the postoperative spontaneous pregnancy rate in patients undergoing endometriosis surgery. However, the practical use of the EFI to advise patients ab…

International guidelines are published to provide standardized information and fertility preservation (FP) care for adults and children. The purpose of the study was to conduct a modified Delphi process for generating FP guidelines for BGD.…

International guidelines are published in oncology to provide standardized information and fertility preservation (FP) care for adults and children with cancer. For benign gynecologic diseases (BGD), many recommendations are based on data c…

Abstract Study question Is there consensual clinical practices about fertility preservation (FP) for benign gynecological diseases BGD)? Summary answer A consensus study using the modified Delphi method identified 28 consensual practices co…

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) evoke measurements that allow capturing patients' perspectives on their condition. In endometriosis care, physicians' understanding of the effect of the disease and the treatment on patients is often…

Objectives: To study the measurement properties, the responsiveness and the minimal clinically important difference of the ENDOPAIN-4D: a new questionnaire for assessing pain in endometriosis. Methods: A prospective, observational, multicen…

OBJECTIVE: To define and assess the prevalence of potentially life-threatening gynecologic emergencies among women presenting for acute pelvic pain for the purpose of developing measures to audit quality of care in emergency departments. ME…

Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology ISSN 1470-3947 (print) | ISSN 1479-6848 (online)

INTRODUCTION: High-dose progestins are used as an effective therapy for painful symptoms of endometriosis but their impact on sexual function has been poorly studied. The study aims to assess the impact of high-dose progestin on sexual func…

L'endométriose est une maladie sous-diagnostiquée dont la localisations recto- sigmoïdienne peut être responsable de symptômes digestifs non spécifiques (douleurs abdominales, troubles du transit, dyschésie et rectorragies). Deux approches …

STUDY QUESTION: Could we construct and validate a preoperative score to predict rectosigmoid involvement in endometriosis (RE)? SUMMARY ANSWER: We developed a simple preoperative score (ENDORECT) to predict RE. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Accura…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent gynecological disorder that affects at least 10% of women of reproductive age. It may lead to infertility and non-specific symptoms such as chronic pelvic pain. Endometriosis screening and …

BACKGROUND: Rectosigmoid endometriosis is an underdiagnosed disease responsible for abdominal pain, transit disorders and rectal bleeding. Two surgical approaches, rectosigmoid bowel resection (segmental or patch) or intramuscular layer dis…

OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis and quality of life has been the subject of much research, however, there is little consensus on how best to evaluate quality of life in endometriosis, resulting in many and diverse scales being used. In our study,…

STUDY QUESTION: Is the Sexual Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) a valid tool for patients treated for symptomatic endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: For women having surgical treatment for endometriosis, we determined that the SAQ is a valid and res…