Die medikamentöse Therapie der Patientin mit Endometriose

In: Frauenheilkunde up2date · 2011 · vol. 5(02) , pp. 89–100 · doi:10.1055/s-0030-1271356 · W4249684281
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Endometriosis, characterized by endometrial cells outside the uterus, causes varied symptoms and affects 4-30% of women of reproductive age, including about half of those with fertility issues.

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This German-language overview summarizes medical treatment options for women with endometriosis, framing the condition’s diverse, often chronic symptoms and its diagnosis (centered on laparoscopy with histology) and therapy goals. It describes how medication is used to relieve pain, increase pregnancy rates, and reduce recurrence, typically as an adjunct to or combined with surgical removal of endometriosis lesions, while noting that some approaches can be used alone. The paper emphasizes a major limitation: many aspects of postoperative recurrence prophylaxis and continuous combined oral contraceptive use lack sufficient prospective randomized comparative evidence, and even after “R0” surgery with medical recurrence prophylaxis the tendency for symptoms to recur remains high. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on the role and evidence base of medication in treating endometriosis and preventing recurrence.

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Finden sich endometriale Zellen außerhalb des Cavum uteri, resultiert eine Endometriose mit z. T. vielfältiger Beschwerdesymptomatik. Die Endometriose ist häufig chronisch und tritt mit einer Prävalenz von 4–30 % bei Frauen im gebärfähigen Alter auf; etwa die Hälfte der Frauen mit Fertilitätsproblematik ist davon betroffen.
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Subscribe to RSS DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1271356 © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart ˙ New York Die medikamentöse Therapie der Patientin mit Endometriose Publication History Publication Date: 09 March 2011 (online) Kernaussagen Finden sich endometriale Zellen außerhalb des Cavum uteri, resultiert eine Endometriose mit z. T. vielfältiger Beschwerdesymptomatik. Die Endometriose ist häufig chronisch und tritt mit einer Prävalenz von 4–30 % bei Frauen im gebärfähigen Alter auf; etwa die Hälfte der Frauen mit Fertilitätsproblematik ist davon betroffen. Aufgrund der Vielfalt der Symptome, die häufig weder mit dem Schweregrad noch mit der Lokalisation der Endometrioseläsionen korrelieren, steht die Laparoskopie mit histologischer Abklärung im Zentrum der Diagnostik. Als therapeutischer Goldstandard bei gesicherter Diagnose gilt die operative Entfernung der Endometrioseherde, ggf. prä- und postoperativ flankiert von einer medikamentösen Therapie. Unter Umständen kann auch eine alleinige medikamentöse Therapie erfolgen. Die medikamentösen Optionen zur Therapie der Endometriose werden mit folgender Zielsetzung eingesetzt: - Linderung der Schmerzen - Erhöhung der Schwangerschaftsraten - Reduktion der Rezidivraten Dies funktioniert meist nur in Kombination mit einer oder mehreren sanierenden Operationen. Vieles, wie die postoperative Rezidivprophylaxe oder die kontinuierliche Einnahme kombinierter Kontrazeptiva, ist durch prospektive randomisierte Vergleichstudien unzureichend belegt. Auch unter einer medikamentösen Rezidivprophylaxe nach sanierender „R0”-Operation ist die Neigung des Wiederauftretens der Beschwerden hoch. Literatur - 1 Knapp V J. How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease. Fertil Steril. 1999; 72 10-14 - 2 Kiple K. The Cambridge world history of human disease.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1993 - 3 McGrew R. Encyclopedia of medical history.. 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