Response: Clues to revising the conventional diagnostic algorithm for endometriosis

Response: Clues to revising the conventional diagnostic algorithm for endometriosis Corresponding Author Andrew Spiers Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France Endometriosis Expert Center – Pays de la Loire, Angers, France Correspondence Andrew Spiers, Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Angers University, Hospital, 4 Rue Larrey, 49100 Angers, France. Email: [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorHorace Roman Franco-European Multidisciplinary Endometriosis Institute (IFEMEndo), Clinique Tivoli-Ducos, Bordeaux, France Search for more papers by this authorMegan Wasson Department of Gynecologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Search for more papers by this authorCharles Chapron Department of Gynecology Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France Department ‘Development, Reproduction and Cancer’, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Descartes University, Paris, France Search for more papers by this authorPascal Rousset Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Lyon Sud University Hospital, Lyon, France Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Golfier Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Lyon South University Hospital, Lyon, France Endometriosis Expert Center—Steering Committee of the EndAURA Network, Lyon, France Search for more papers by this authorRaffaele Fauvet Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Cote De Nacre University Hospital, Caen, France Search for more papers by this authorLéa Delbos Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France Endometriosis Expert Center – Pays de la Loire, Angers, France Search for more papers by this authorHervé Fernandez Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Paris Sud University Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre APHP, Paris, France Search for more papers by this authorPhilippe Descamps Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France Endometriosis Expert Center – Pays de la Loire, Angers, France Search for more papers by this authorSofiane Bendifallah Department of Surgery, American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly sur seine, France Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author Andrew Spiers Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France Endometriosis Expert Center – Pays de la Loire, Angers, France Correspondence Andrew Spiers, Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Angers University, Hospital, 4 Rue Larrey, 49100 Angers, France. Email: [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorHorace Roman Franco-European Multidisciplinary Endometriosis Institute (IFEMEndo), Clinique Tivoli-Ducos, Bordeaux, France Search for more papers by this authorMegan Wasson Department of Gynecologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Search for more papers by this authorCharles Chapron Department of Gynecology Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France Department ‘Development, Reproduction and Cancer’, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Descartes University, Paris, France Search for more papers by this authorPascal Rousset Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Lyon Sud University Hospital, Lyon, France Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Golfier Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Lyon South University Hospital, Lyon, France Endometriosis Expert Center—Steering Committee of the EndAURA Network, Lyon, France Search for more papers by this authorRaffaele Fauvet Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Cote De Nacre University Hospital, Caen, France Search for more papers by this authorLéa Delbos Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France Endometriosis Expert Center – Pays de la Loire, Angers, France Search for more papers by this authorHervé Fernandez Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Paris Sud University Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre APHP, Paris, France Search for more papers by this authorPhilippe Descamps Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France Endometriosis Expert Center – Pays de la Loire, Angers, France Search for more papers by this authorSofiane Bendifallah Department of Surgery, American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly sur seine, France Search for more papers by this authorDATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study. 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