What is the impact on sexual function of laparoscopic treatment and subsequent combined oral contraceptive therapy in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 770-778

  Mabrouk, Mohamed ^a,b   Montanari, Giulia ^a   Di Donato, Nadine ^a   Del Forno, Simona ^a   Frascà, Clarissa ^a   Geraci, Elisa ^a   Ferrini, Giulia ^a   Vicenzi, Claudia ^a   Raimondo, Diego ^a   Villa, Gioia ^a   Zukerman, Ziv ^a   Alvisi, Stefania ^a   Seracchioli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Combined oral contraceptives; Deep infiltrating endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Sexual function; SHOW Q

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH OUTCOME IN WOMEN QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84857651070     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02593.x     Document Type: Article

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