Revue medicale suisse

The management of endometriosis is influenced by numerous factors that extend beyond the biomedical realm. When it comes to issues such as therapeutic wandering, managing individual symptoms, and the influence of resources on access to care…

Endometriosis affects at least one in ten women of childbearing age, yet it is often overlooked in emergency care. Clinicians should consider this diagnosis for any woman presenting with menstrual or ovulatory cyclic pain, dyspareunia, or c…

Dyspareunia is a common symptom of endometriosis impairing women's sexual and affective life. Drawing on a sociological analysis, this article highlights that negative experiences of sexual pain can be better understood considering the soci…

Endometriosis can negatively affects many aspects of womens'life, including their sexuality. Deep or superficial dyspareunia is reported by nearly half of women with endometriosis. The pain has chronic inflammatory, neuropathic or muscular …

A century and a half after its first description, adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) has revealed only part of its secrets. Its definition remains clinical since the imaging technology we have at our dis-posal is insufficiently sensitive…

Sexual health is a critical aspect of quality of life and is also influenced by medical conditions and health care interventions, particularly when gynaecological disorders are involved. Dyspareunia is a common symptom of endometriosis, a c…

Endometriosis is a frequent, benign, chronic disease associated with pain and/or infertility. Classically the lesions are found on the pelvic peritoneum, ovary (endometrioma), rectovaginal septum and bladder. Management of endometrioma has …

In the context of chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis plays a significant role due to its frequency and its effects on the quality of women's lives. It affects 3-10% of women of reproductive age. The clinical signs are part from chronic pelv…

Despite numerous studies, endometriosis remains unclear concerning the etiopathogenesis, the natural history and optimal treatment. It occurs preferentially in young women and may be associated with a series of painful symptoms very disabli…