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Endometriosis and obstetrics complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Women with endometriosis have a statistically significantly higher risk of preterm birth, miscarriage, placenta previa, small for gestational age infants, and cesarean delivery.
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This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2017-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 141 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Small for gestational age & Endometriosis.

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Rethinking mechanisms, diagnosis and management of endometriosis

TL;DR: A patient-centred, individualized, multi-modal and interdisciplinary integrated approach should be taken to maximize the quality of the patient’s ‘endometriosis life’ and how health-care professionals could rethink endometRIosis diagnosis and management is highlighted.
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Clinical diagnosis of endometriosis: a call to action.

TL;DR: Remedying the diagnostic delay requires increased patient education and timely referral to a women's healthcare provider and a shift in physician approach to the disorder, which is expected to simplify endometriosis diagnosis and make the process accessible to more clinicians and patients, culminating in earlier effective management.
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Endometriosis is a chronic systemic disease: clinical challenges and novel innovations

TL;DR: Endometriosis is classically defined as a chronic, gynaecological disease characterised by endometrial-like tissue present outside of the uterus and is thought to arise by retrograde menstruation as discussed by the authors.
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Reproductive, obstetric, and perinatal outcomes of women with adenomyosis and endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: It is found that endometriosis consistently leads to reduced oocyte yield and a reduced fertilization rate, in line with current evidence, and women with these conditions should ideally receive pre-natal counselling and should be considered higher risk in pregnancy and at delivery.
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Endometriosis and adverse maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes, a systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies that evaluated the effect of endometriosis on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes was conducted, finding that among the subgroup of women who conceived spontaneously, endometiosis was found to be associated with placenta praevia, cesarean section, preterm birth and low birth weight.
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