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ArticleFacts, views & vision in ObGyn2018

The cost-effective, but forgotten, medical endometriosis therapy: a prospective, quasi-randomized study on progestin therapy.

T C Cezar, K W Schweppe, K R Pletzer, S Becker, H Krentel, L A Torres-De La Roche, R L De Wilde

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Article in Facts, views & vision in ObGyn, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

T C CezarGynecology Consultant. Scientific Researcher at the University Hospital for Gynecology, Pius Hospital, University Medicine Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. Email: christina.cezar@uni-oldenburg.de.
K W SchweppeProfessor of the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Ammerland - Klinik Westerstede, Westerstede, Germany, Schweppe@Ammerland-Klinik.de.
K R PletzerGynecology Consultant at Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics of Ammerland - Klinik Westerstede, Westerstede, Germany, cristina.cezar@msn.com.
S BeckerProfessor and Director of the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, sven.becker@kgu.de.
H KrentelChief physician of the Clinic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Oncology, St. Anna Hospital, Herne, Germany, gynaekologie@annahospital.de.
L A Torres-De La RocheGynecology Consultant. Scientific Researcher at the University Hospital for Gynecology, Pius Hospital, University Medicine Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. E-mail: luzangela.torres-delaroche@pius-hospital.de.
R L De WildeProfessor and Head of the University Hospital for Gynecology, Pius Hospital, University Medicine Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. Email: rudy-leon.dewilde@pius-hospital.de.
Pius Hospital Oldenburg · DEForschungsinstitut für Mineralische und Metallische Werkstoffe Edelsteine/Edemetalle · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DESt. Anna Hospital · DEVogtland-Klinik · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis represents nowadays a real burden for the patients as well as for the physicians, as it requires surgical and/or medical treatment, often long - termed and repeated. Moreover, the high costs necessary to diagnose and treat endometriosis represent a real economic burden, being comparable to other chronic diseases like diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, the physicians dealing with this disease should take into account not only the efficacy of the treatment, but also the economic aspects and patients compliance. The present paper analyses the efficiency of progestins (lynestrenol and medrogestone) in endometriosis as a cost - effective, but forgotten medical therapy of the disease. Our study underlines the good tolerability of progestins, as they have limited side effects, the compliance of patients being high. They are also low-cost medications, which could represent an effective alternative method in the endometriosis treatment, especially in less - developed countries that cannot afford the higher therapeutic costs.

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compliancecost-effectiveendometriosislow-cost medicationprogestin

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PMID31367290
PMCPMC6658201
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