Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity: a multicenter study across ten countries
Kelechi E Nnoaham,Lone Hummelshoj,Premila Webster,Thomas D'Hooghe,Fiorenzo De Cicco Nardone,Carlo de Cicco Nardone,Crispin Jenkinson,Stephen Kennedy,Krina T. Zondervan,Krina T. Zondervan +9 more
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Endometriosis impairs HRQoL and work productivity across countries and ethnicities, yet women continue to experience diagnostic delays in primary care, and a higher index of suspicion is needed to expedite specialist assessment of symptomatic women.About:
This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1007 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Endometriosis & Pelvic pain.read more
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Brief Review of Endometriosis and the Role of Trace Elements.
Ida Osuchowska-Grochowska,Eliza Blicharska,Marek Gogacz,Agata Nogalska,Izabela Winkler,Agnieszka Szopa,Halina Ekiert,Barbara Tymczyna-Borowicz,Mansur Rahnama-Hezavah,Cezary Grochowski +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential role of trace elements in the appearance of endometrial-like lesions has been investigated and it seems that the formation of oxidative stress may be one of the main causes of the development of Endometriosis.
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Clinical Diagnosis and Early Medical Management for Endometriosis: Consensus from Asian Expert Group
Mee Ran Kim,Charles Chapron,Thomas Römer,AS Aguilar,Amphan Chalermchockcharoenkit,Siddharta Chatterjee,Le Thi Anh Dao,Y. F. Fong,Hendy Hendarto,Syarief Taufik Hidayat,Su-Yen Khong,Li Ma,Pratap Kumar,Relly Yanuari Primariawan,A Siow,Areepan Sophonsritsuk,Ramani Devi Thirunavukarasu,B. C. Thuong,Chih-Feng Yen +18 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors provided consensus guidance regarding clinical diagnosis and early medical management of endometriosis within Asia, where progestins are a first-line management option for early medical treatment, with oral progestin-based therapies generally a better option compared with combined oral contraceptives.
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Measured symptomatic and psychological outcomes in women undergoing laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis: a prospective study.
TL;DR: The subjective patient pain levels for dysmenorrhoea, deep dyspareunia, dyschezia, urination, chronic pelvic pain and midcycle pain, were recorded on a nonnumerical linear scale as described below.
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Timing, delays and pathways to diagnosis of endometriosis: a scoping review protocol.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a scoping review to investigate the current research focused on pathways, timing, and delays in endometriosis diagnosis using the Joanna Briggs Institute Methodology.
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Markedly increased risk of malignancies in women with endometriosis
TL;DR: Kim et al. as discussed by the authors used data from the 10-year claims database of the Korean National Health Insurance from January 2008 to December 2018 to assess the cancer risk in a cohort of women with newly diagnosed endometriosis.
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