Combined Medical and Surgical Treatment of Women with Endometriosis

C A Winkel; Craig A. Winkel

doi:10.1097/00003081-199909000-00018

Combined Medical and Surgical Treatment of Women with Endometriosis

C A Winkel, Craig A. Winkel

Clinical obstetrics and gynecology · 1999 · vol. 42(3) , pp. 645 · doi:10.1097/00003081-199909000-00018 · PMID:10451776 · W2327589511

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This paper reports on the combined medical and surgical treatment of women diagnosed with endometriosis.

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Abstract

Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia Correspondence: Craig A. Winkel, MD, MBA, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3PHC, Georgetown University School of Medicine, GUMC, 3800 Resevoir Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20007.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Contraceptives, Oral Contraceptives, Oral Danazol Danazol Electrocoagulation Endometriosis Endometriosis Estrogen Antagonists Estrogen Antagonists Female Humans Laser Therapy Progestins Progestins Treatment Outcome

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[6] Classification of endometriotic implants by morphologic appearance and capacity to synthesize prostaglandin F via openalex

[7] CO2 laser laparoscopy in infertile women with endometriosis and women with adnexal adhesions via openalex

[8] Comparison of cytokine levels and embryo toxicity in peritoneal fluid in infertile women with untreated or treated endometriosis via openalex

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[11] Correlation between endometriosis-associated dysmenorrhea and the presence of typical or atypical lesions via openalex

[12] Cytokines in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis via openalex

[13] Decrease in the size of ovarian endometriomas during ovarian suppression in stage IV endometriosis. Role of preoperative medical treatment. via openalex

[14] Endometriosis 1991: a discussion document via openalex

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[16] Endometriosis—Associated Infertility via openalex

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[19] Endometriosis Persisting After Castration via openalex

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[23] Laparoscopic Surgery in Infertile Women with Minimal or Mild Endometriosis via openalex

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[29] Management of endometriosis and its associated adhesions with the co2 laser laparoscope via openalex

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