ArticleJournal of minimally invasive gynecology
Patient Quality of Life and Symptoms after Surgical Treatment for Endometriosis.
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- Sexual Function of Patients with Deep Endometriosis after Surgical Treatment: A Systematic Review.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Surgical Treatment for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis on Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluating the safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for rectal endometriosis: results from a French prospective multicentre study including 60 patients.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2024Trial
- Ionic liquid-coated gold core polymeric nanoparticles for selective neutrophil hitchhiking towards endometriosis treatment.Communications chemistry · 2026Article
- Surgical management of endometriosis: surgical techniques, adjuvant therapy, and long-term management Number 10 - 2026.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2026Review
- Analysis of the Biopsychosocial Impacts Associated with Endometriosis to Improve Patient Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- To operate or not to operate? The impact of surgical treatment on quality of life in women with ovarian endometriosis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Copaiba Oil Resin Exerts an Additive Effect to Babassu Oil on Behavioral Changes in Human Endometriotic Cell Cultures.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The State of Health and the Quality of Life in Women Suffering from Endometriosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- MicroRNA let-7: A promising non-invasive biomarker for diagnosing and treating external genital endometriosisTurkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the SF-36 questionnaire for assessment of the quality of life of endometriosis patients undergoing treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Article
- Predictive approach in managing voiding dysfunction after surgery for deep endometriosis: a personalized nomogram.International urogynecology journal · 2021Article
- Endometriosis and Sexual Quality of Life.Sexual medicine · 2020Article
- Long-Term Evolution of Quality of Life and Symptoms Following Surgical Treatment for Endometriosis: Different Trajectories for Which Patients?Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Reproductive capacity and recurrence of disease after surgery for moderate and severe endometriosis - a retrospective single center analysis.BMC women's health · 2020Article
- New perspectives about the role of robot-assisted surgery for the treatment of endometriosis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveTo assess the impact of surgical treatment of endometriosis on quality of life and pain over a 3-year period of postoperative follow-up.
designProspective and multicenter cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
settingFive districts including a tertiary referral center and private and general public hospitals. PATIENT: Patients (n = 981), aged 15 to 50years, underwent laparoscopic treatment (preferred approach) for endometriosis between January 2004 and December 2012.
interventionLaparoscopic treatment for endometriosis. All revised American Fertility Society stages were included. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsThe mean visual analog scale score for dysmenorrhea fell from 5.3 ± 3.7 (time 0) to 2.6 ± 3.3 at 6 months, and 2.3 ± 3.3 at 36 months of follow-up (p <.001). Mean visual analog scale scores for chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia fell from 2.6 ± 3.5 and 2.7 ± 3.2, respectively, before surgery to 1.4 ± 2.5 and 1.1 ± 2.2 at 6 months and then 1.3 ± 2.5 and 1.2 ± 2.3 at 36 months of follow-up. The Short Form 36-Item survey analysis revealed the greatest increases linked to physical domains (i.e., bodily pain and role limitations) from 54.6 ± .9 and 63.3 ± 1.3, respectively, at time 0 to 74.4 ± .9 and 81.9 ± 1.1 at 6 months of follow-up (p <.001), with scores subsequently remaining stable. Among mental domains the most favorable results involved social functioning and role limitations due to emotional problems, which increased from 66 ± .8 and 65.7 ± 1.3 at time 0 to 75.6 ± .9 and 77.4 ± 1.3 at 6 months of follow-up, respectively (p <.001), with scores remaining stable over time.
conclusionsSurgical treatment of endometriosis improves pelvic and sexual pain postoperatively in many women with endometriosis. Improvement later plateaus and remains stable, allowing patients to experience the beneficial effects over a period of years.
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