Características epidemiológicas de pacientes atendidas en la consulta de endometriosis de un hospital universitario

Gerardo Estrada Sánchez, Martha Sánchez N, Amarilis Tablante P, Digmary Zambrano A, Magaly Ortunio C, Raiza Carvallo, Rosa Cardozo C, Harold Guevara R
In: Revista de Obstetricia y Ginecología de Venezuela · 2008 · vol. 68(4) , pp. 248–253 · W1835528819
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This study analyzed 54 patients with endometriosis, finding the average age was 30, common symptoms included dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain, and the most frequent types were ovarian and in post-cesarean scars.

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Palabras clave: Endometriosis. Neoplasia endometrial. Epidemiologia. SUMMARY Objective: To establish the epidemiological characteristics of patients with endometriosis. Methos: Descriptive and cross-sectional investigation. Population of 54 patients. Non probabilistic sample. Gathering of the information with the documental revision and a record. Setting: Consulta de endometriosis del Hospital Universitario Dr. Angel Larralde de Valencia Results: Age average 30 years ± 5.8. Consultation reasons: Dysmenorrhea (70.7 %), pelvic pain (58.5.%) and dyspareunia (36.6 %). Age menarche average 12 years. 29 % reported some type of menstrual dysfunction, the most frequent the metrorrhagia (17 %). 41.5 % referred previous use of oral contraceptive pills. 34 % of the patients had not been pregnant never, 26.8 % had had one pregnancy. Among the obstetrical and gynecological surgical antecedents, 39 % reported caesarian, 26.8 % oophorectomy and 19.5 % curettage. The more frequent endometriosis were the ovarian one (56.09 %) and in postcesarian abdominal scar (24.39 %). Conclusion: The endometriosis is a typical pathology of woman in reproductive age, it may give in the adolescence.

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