Relationship between Patient Age and Disease Features in a Prospective Cohort of 1560 Women Affected by Endometriosis

Stochino-Loi E, Emanuela Stochino-Loi, Millochau JC, Jenny-Claude Millochau, Stefano Angioni, Touleimat S, Salma Touleimat, Abo C, Carole Abo, Isabella Chanavaz‐Lacheray, Isabella Chanavaz-Lacheray, Chanavaz-Lacheray I, Hennetier C, Clotilde Hennetier, Horace Roman
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology · 2019 · vol. 27(5) , pp. 1158–1166 · doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.004 · PMID:31518709 · W2972658273
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This study analyzed 1560 endometriosis surgeries and found that disease stage and colorectal nodule prevalence increased with age, particularly in women over 26.

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ObjectiveTo assess the relationship between age, location of the disease, and surgical procedures performed in patients undergoing surgical management of endometriosis.DesignRetrospective study using data prospectively recorded in the North-West Inter Regional Female Cohort for Patients with Endometriosis database.SettingUniversity tertiary referral center.PatientsWomen who underwent surgical management of symptomatic endometriosis between April 2009 and April 2014.InterventionsPatients were allocated to 6 groups according to their age at the time of surgery: ≤20, 21 to 25, 26 to 30, 31 to 35, 36 to 40 and >40 years. Patient characteristics, prior history, location of endometriotic lesions, stage of disease, intraoperative findings, and surgical procedures were retrieved from a prospectively recorded database.Measurements and main resultsPatient characteristics, symptoms, location of endometriosis, and type of surgery performed were compared between groups. In total, 1560 procedures were performed. Of these, more than one-half were carried out in women between the age of 26 to 35 years and the majority were performed in women aged between 26 and 30 years. Only 2% of procedures were performed in women under the age of 20 years. The mean stage of the disease at the time of surgical diagnosis was stage II for women younger than 20 years, stage III for those in the age group of 21 to 25 years, and stage IV for those older than 26 years. The rate of diagnosis of deep colorectal nodules increased progressively from 20 to 26 years and remained stable thereafter.ConclusionOur data confirm that endometriosis is a disease that probably progresses from adolescence until the adult period when symptoms (pain or infertility) become debilitating and require surgery. Our data suggest that policies relating to the prevention and early diagnosis of endometriosis should focus on women younger than 25 years.

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Adolescent Adult Age Factors Age of Onset Cohort Studies Disease Progression Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Diseases Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Diseases

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