Diagnosis and treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis: An overview

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 648-657

  Kruse, Christina ^a   Seyer Hansen, Mikkel ^a   Forman, Axel ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

diagnosis; endometriosis; medical treatment; Rectovaginal endometriosis; surgery

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LETROZOLE; LEUPRORELIN; LEVONORGESTREL; NORETHISTERONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BARIUM ENEMA; BLOATING; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BARIUM SULFATE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DANAZOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENEMA; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LAPAROSCOPY; LEVONORGESTREL; PELVIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84862105873     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01367.x     Document Type: Review

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