Recurrent Endometriosis

R Punnonen, P Klemi, V Nikkanen
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation · 2010 · vol. 11(5) , pp. 307–312 · doi:10.1159/000299851 · PMID:7450570 · W4256245297
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Recurrent endometriosis was observed in 14.6% of 903 surgically treated patients over 6-10 years, with common recurrences on ovaries and retrocervix, unaffected by post-operative gestagen therapy.

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Abstract

Of 903 surgically treated patients with endometriosis the disease recurred in 132 cases (14.6%) during the follow-up period of 6-10 years. The re-operation was performed within 1 year after the primary operation for 7 patients, within 1-5 years for 91 patients and more than 5 years after the primary surgery for 34 patients. The most common complaints were pain in the lower abdomen and dysmenorrhoea and the most common sites for the recurrence the ovaries and retrocervix. Endometrioma of the rectum was surgically treated in 10 patients and endometrioma of the urinary bladder in 3. Gestagen therapy after the primary surgery had no effect on the recurrence rate.

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endometriosisendometriomadysmenorrhea

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Ovarian Neoplasms Rectal Neoplasms Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Intestinal Mucosa Intestinal Mucosa Methods Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Ovarian Neoplasms Ovulation Rectal Neoplasms Rectal Neoplasms Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

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