Performance of the 2021 AAGL endometriosis classification
The most common scoring system is the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) staging system for endometriosis. However, this classification system was widely criticized for failing to correlate surgical complexity and to show patients' pain scales and fertility indexes.…
Key Points Lay SummaryInternational Working Group's review on endometriosis classification systems
International Endometriosis Working Group including AAGL, ESHRE, ESGE, and WES published a comprehensive review on endometriosis classification, staging, and reporting systems in a recent issue of the journal named "Facts, Views & Vision in Obstetrics and Gynecology". Classification and staging…
Key Points Lay SummaryThe new Endometriosis Surgical Complexity Classification: AAGL 2021
Multiple endometriosis categorizations have been approved in the recent forty years. The American Fertility Society proposed ASRM with a desire to score the impact of the endometriosis in 1996, which was updated several times later (rASRM), to predict infertility after laparoscopic operations. For…
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