Identification of predictors of success, in the radical laparoscopic excision of endometriosis, for chronic pelvic pain
S Banerjee · Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie · 2005 · Heft 10
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Aims: Identification of parameters, predictive of symptomatic improvement in pelvic pain, for women undergoing radical laparoscopic excision of endometriosis. Design and Methods: Prospective observational study involving 108 women presenting to a tertiary pelvic pain clinic over twelve-month period. Detailed questionnaires, both preoperatively and eighteen months postoperatively were completed. They consisted of a ranked ordinate scale scoring for symptoms (dysmenorrhoea, dysparunia, dyschezia, non cyclical pelvic pain, exercise related pelvic pain and backache) quality of life measures using the EuroQoL, health…