By Selma OransayConverting Enzian into AAGL2021: A Step Toward Unified Staging
By Selma Oransay
The revised American Society of Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) is the most widely used classification for endometriosis. This classification is easy to use but has some limitations, especially in describing deep endometriotic lesions and pain severity. On the other hand, the…
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Performance of the 2021 AAGL endometriosis classification
By Selma Oransay
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.…
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By Nasuhi Engin AydinReviewing all you want to know on endometriosis !
By Nasuhi Engin Aydin
Academicians from the International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Lincoln Medical School, UK have written a comprehensive updated review on endometriosis covering many aspects of endometriosis and published their paper as an open-access manuscript in the journal “Pathology-Research and Practice”. …
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By Özge ÖzkayaPreoperative MRI Scoring System Could Ensure Women Are Fully Informed
By Özge Özkaya
The Deep Pelvic Endometriosis Index is able to predict the length of surgery and hospital stay as well as complications following surgery including voiding dysfunction, according to a new multicenter cohort study, the results of which were published in The Journal…
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By Hale Goksever CelikPreoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio for prediction of postoperative pregnancy
By Hale Goksever Celik
Among women with endometriosis, 30 to 50 percent are estimated to have infertility, and 25-50% of infertile patients are found to have endometriosis. Anatomic distortion, diminished tubal peristalsis, diminished sperm movements, dysfunctional folliculogenesis, luteal phase dysfunctions, and alterations in endometrial…
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New Scoring System to Identify Bowel Endometriosis Syndrome
By Özge Özkaya
Researchers in Denmark have developed a new scoring system to identify women with bowel endometriosis syndrome (BENS) and monitor the effect of treatments on the syndrome. The scoring system that can be used in everyday clinical practice is the first…
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