SURGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS

surgical management of endometriosis

I-29: Surgical Management of Endometriosis Related Infertility

The precise relationship between endometriosis and infertility is debated. Surgery is considered to play a role within the framework of the therapeutic options to cure infertile women with the disease even though its effectiveness is generally modest. In fact, there is unquestionably the need to improve surgical techniques in this area. Specifically, two main aspects require optimization: 1. pr...

The Significance of Diagnostic Delay in Endometriosis

remains a clinical challenge with many patients left undiagnosed with an estimated average delay of up to 10.4 years [5,810]. Two thirds of women with endometriosis are initially misdiagnosed and almost half are examined by five physicians or more before a correct diagnosis is made [11]. Diagnostic delay is significantly longer in women presenting with pelvic pain in comparison to those present...

Endometriosis: Medical and Surgical Treatment

INTRODUCTION. Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of tissue that is histologically identical to endometrium at ectopic locations outside the uterine cavity and protean manifestations. The incidence of endometriosis is strongly influenced by the awareness of non-classical lesions and because of the long-standing interest of the group in these lesions. The prominent symptoms ...

Is Endometriosis a Surgical Disease?+

Copyright: © 2014 Yong PJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Endometriosis affects one in ten reproductive-aged women, is a cause of pelvic pain and infertility, and accounts for $22 billi...