The influence of peritoneal endometriotic lesions on the generation of endometriosis-related pain and pain reduction after surgical excision

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Kaiser, Andrea ^a   Kopf, Andreas ^a   Gericke, Christine ^a   Bartley, Julia ^a   Mechsner, Sylvia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhoea; Endometriosis; Pain transmission; Pathophysiology of endometriosis related pain; Pelvic pain; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONEUM; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349613453     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0921-z     Document Type: Article

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