Deep Endometriosis: the Involvement of Multiple Pelvic Compartments Is Associated with More Severe Pain Symptoms and Infertility

Endometriosis can be classified into three phenotypes: superficial, ovarian, and deep. Deep endometriosis (DE) has been associated with more severe pain symptoms, although no large-scale studies have evaluated the association between pain intensity and infertility and the different compartments of t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) Calif.), 2023-05, Vol.30 (5), p.1668-1675
Hauptverfasser: Rocha, Tainá Pezzin, Andres, Marina Paula, Carmona, Francisco, Baracat, Edmund Chada, Abrão, Mauricio Simões
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Zusammenfassung:Endometriosis can be classified into three phenotypes: superficial, ovarian, and deep. Deep endometriosis (DE) has been associated with more severe pain symptoms, although no large-scale studies have evaluated the association between pain intensity and infertility and the different compartments of the pelvis affected by superficial and DE. This retrospective study included 1116 women who underwent laparoscopy for endometriosis treatment at two referral centers between 2009 and 2019. For the evaluation of each symptom, patients were divided according to their visual analog scale score (
ISSN:1933-7191
1933-7205
DOI:10.1007/s43032-022-01104-9