Endometriosis Misdiagnosis

Aileen Jeong
In: Sciential - McMaster Undergraduate Science Journal · 2021 · pp. 16–17 · doi:10.15173/sciential.vi7.2918 · W4320158920
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Endometriosis misdiagnosis and diagnostic delays are a public health crisis, necessitating the development of alternative noninvasive diagnostic techniques beyond the current invasive laparoscopic standard.

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The paper discusses endometriosis in reproductive-aged females, focusing on how current diagnosis relies on laparoscopy, an invasive surgical procedure, and argues that this approach is suboptimal. It states that endometriosis misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis have become a public health crisis, and that many authors propose alternative, noninvasive clinical diagnostic techniques. The paper’s main limitation is that, based on the provided text, it does not present new original study data or specific alternative diagnostic results, instead summarizing the need for reevaluation. This paper is centrally about endometriosis—specifically the misdiagnosis and diagnostic delays associated with current laparoscopy-based diagnosis.

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Endometriosis is a disease that is common among reproductive-aged females and can present itself through symptoms such as pelvic pain and infertility. The current process of diagnosing this disease involves laparoscopy, an invasive surgical procedure. This method of diagnosis have been proven to be suboptimal and suggests the need for reevaluation. The misdiagnosis and delays in diagnosis of endometriosis have become a public health crisis and many authors propose alternative methods of clinical, noninvasive diagnostic techniques.
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Endometriosis Misdiagnosis DOI: https://doi.org/10.15173/sciential.vi7.2918Keywords: Endometriosis, reproductive health, pelvic pain, infertility, diagnosisAbstract Endometriosis is a disease that is common among reproductive-aged females and can present itself through symptoms such as pelvic pain and infertility. The current process of diagnosing this disease involves laparoscopy, an invasive surgical procedure. This method of diagnosis have been proven to be suboptimal and suggests the need for reevaluation. The misdiagnosis and delays in diagnosis of endometriosis have become a public health crisis and many authors propose alternative methods of clinical, noninvasive diagnostic techniques. Downloads Published How to Cite Issue Section License Copyright (c) 2021 Sciential - McMaster Undergraduate Science Journal This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Authors submitting to the journal must adhere to the terms of Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license as outlined below: 1. You are free to share (copy and redistribute) any material from this journal, granted you have given appropriate credit, provided the link to the license, and indicated whether changes were applied to original work. 2. You are free to adapt (remix, transform, and build upon) any material from this journal, granted you distribute your work under the same license.

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