October 26th 2022
Researchers from the Feinstein Institute in Manhasset, New York, found single-cell RNA sequencing to be an effective and noninvasive way to screen for and diagnose patients with endometriosis.
July 22nd 2022
Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment and Pain in Endometriosis (case 2)
October 23rd 2011DB is a 26-year-old nulligravid female with dysmenorrhoea and a long-standing history of endometriosis. Dysmenorrhoea began at age 16 years and has become progressively worse. She describes two unique pain profiles.
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Minimal Endometriosis: Does It Affect Fertility?
October 11th 2011I am 28 years old and I've been actively trying to get pregnant for the past 2 years. I recently underwent a laparoscopy by my gynecologist. She told me that I had minimal endometriosis, but that my ovaries and tubes looked normal. She told me that endometriosis is associated with infertility, but I don't really understand the connection.
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Minimal Endometriosis: Does It Affect Fertility?
October 11th 2011I am a 34 year old woman that would like to have another child. I recently had surgery to remove my gallbladder and in the process there were pictures taken. I was told that my ovary is covered, all except one small area, by what looks like adhesions.
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It's 2:00 a.m. on a Friday. Your doctor is home in bed, where the rest of the world should be. But not you...you're online wondering whether this stomachache you have is life threatening or just a bad reaction to the steak you had at dinner. So where do you go? Do you rush to the hospital to wait 3 hrs. in the ER to be told to "go home and call your doctor," for the "small fee" of $1000 or so?
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Endometriosis is a condition in which the lining of the uterine cavity (endometrium) grows outside of the uterus. Endometriosis can be found anywhere in the pelvic cavity, including all the reproductive organs as well as on the bladder, small bowel, colon, rectum, appendix, and vagina. However, endometriosis cannot be considered simply as misplaced endometrium, because it differs in hormonal responses and visual appearance.
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The real cause of endometriosis remains unknown. The following theories represent current thinking of the etiology of endometriosis, but none of them can explains all cases of endometriosis. We do know, however, that endometriosis is not caused by anything that the patient has done.
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Patients with endometriosis can have symptoms varying from constant excruciating pelvic pain to no symptoms whatsoever. Paradoxically, the extent of endometriosis has no correlation to the amount of pain a women will experience. Some women with severe endometriosis do not have any symptoms and may not know they have endometriosis until a pelvic mass is detected on a routine pelvic examination or a problem with infertility is discovered.
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Prediction of Treatment Outcomes After Global Endometrial Ablation
September 30th 2011To report rates of amenorrhea and treatment failure after global endometrial ablation and to estimate the association between patient factors and these outcomes by developing and validating prediction models.
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Studies Explore New Modalities for Screening of Endometrial and Cervical Cancers
September 22nd 2011Researchers at University Hospital CASE Medical Center (UHCMC) in Cleveland, Ohio have embarked on new clinical studies that explore early detection of endometrial and cervical cancers in women. Results of these breakthrough studies could save countless lives and extend the average life expectancy in women.
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Medical Management of Endometriosis, Uterine Fibroids and Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
August 2nd 2011Hysterectomy is one of the most common abdominal surgical procedures performed in women today with 600,000 hysterectomies in the USA annually, one in three women undergoing hysterectomy, and 6–20% in European countries.
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