Journal article
Recommendations for the surgical treatment of endometriosis—part 1: ovarian endometrioma
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Study question
What does this document on the surgical treatment of endometriosis jointly prepared by the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), ESHRE, and the World Endometriosis Society (WES) provide?
Summary answer
This document provides recommendations covering technical aspects of different methods of surgery for endometriomas in women of reproductive age
What is already known
Endometriomas (ovarian endometriotic cysts) are a commonly diagnosed form of endometriosis, owing to the relative ease and accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis. They frequently present a clinical dilemma as to whether and how to treat them when found during imaging or incidentally during surgery. Previously published guidelines have provided recommendations based on the best available evidence, but without technical details on the management of endometriosis.
Study design, size and duration
A working group of ESGE, ESHRE and WES collaborated on writing recommendations on the practical aspects of endometrioma surgery.
Participants/materials, setting and methods
This document focused on endometrioma surgery. Further documents in this series will provide recommendations for surgery of deep and peritoneal endometriosis.
Main results and the role of chance
The document presents general recommendations for surgery of endometrioma and specific recommendations for cystectomy, ablation by laser or by plasma energy, electrocoagulation and a combination of these techniques applied together or with an interval between them.
Limitations and reasons for caution
Owing to the limited evidence available, recommendations are mostly based on clinical expertise.
Wider implications of the findings
These recommendations complement previous guidelines on the management of endometriosis.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1186/s10397-017-1029-x
Authors
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Journal:
- Gynecological Surgery More from this journal
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 27
- Publication date:
- 2017-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-11-26
- DOI:
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1613-2084
- ISSN:
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1613-2076
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pubs:815292
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pubs:815292
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815292
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2018-02-28
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- Copyright holder:
- Becker et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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