Treatment of pain associated with deep endometriosis: Alternatives and evidence

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 771-792

  Ferrero, Simone ^a,b   Alessandri, Franco ^a   Racca, Annalisa ^a,b   Leone Roberti Maggiore, Umberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep endometriosis; endometriosis; medical treatment; pain; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DANAZOL; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; CENTRAL SENSITIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DEPRESSION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS RELATED PAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC MECHANICAL DISCOID RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL SENSITIZATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; COMPLICATION; PELVIC PAIN; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANALGESICS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROGESTINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84942616706     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.08.031     Document Type: Review

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