Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease defined as the presence of endometrial
tissue outside the uterus, which causes pelvic pain and infertility. This disease should be …

Background About 10% of women of reproductive age suffer from endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a costly chronic disease that causes pelvic pain and subfertility …

ABSTRACT The IDEA (International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group) statement is a
consensus opinion on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe …

The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) is a scientific
organization that encourages safe clinical practice and high-quality teaching and research …

BACKGROUND Deep endometriosis invading the bowel constitutes a major challenge for
the gynecologist. In addition to the greater impact on pain, the high incidence of surgical …

Deep endometriosis (DE) remains the most difficult endometriotic entity to treat. Medical
treatment for DE can reduce symptoms but does not cure the disease, and surgical removal …

Deep endometriosis, defined as adenomyosis externa, mostly presents as a single nodule,
larger than 1 cm in diameter, in the vesicouterine fold or close to the lower 20 cm of the …

Objective To review the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in the
preoperative detection of endometriosis in the uterosacral ligaments (USL), rectovaginal …

ABSTRACT Study Objective To develop a new endometriosis classification system for
scoring intraoperative surgical complexity and to examine its correlation with patient …

STUDY QUESTION How should surgery for endometriosis be performed? SUMMARY
ANSWER This document provides recommendations covering technical aspects of different …