Bilanz nach einem Jahr Zertifiziertes Endometriosezentrum der Frauenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Dresden

The paper evaluates the first year after establishment of a certified endometriosis center at the Women’s Clinic of the University Hospital Dresden, analyzing retrospectively documented data from April 2013 to March 2014 for patients with confirmed endometriosis and comparing them with the preceding year. It reports a 50% increase in patient numbers (176 vs 113) and a disproportionate rise in recurrent disease cases (from 19% to 57%), with all patients presented at an interdisciplinary endometriosis case conference and receiving individualized treatment concepts. The authors also describe the national distribution of certified centers in Germany using 2011 census data, noting substantial regional inhomogeneity and an overall increase to 32 centers by 2013, without evidence of saturation. The paper acknowledges that these findings come from a retrospective, single-center documentation comparison and does not provide a causal analysis of why recurrence rates rose. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it specifically reports outcomes and service-coverage metrics after one year of a certified endometriosis center in Dresden.

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