Gynecology : Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

Gynecology

Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

Dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain - Endometriosis - Gynecologic surgery - Gynecologic ultrasound - Hysterectomy - Uterine fibroids - Vulvar diseases

Dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain

Australia
- Australian Journal of General Practice
  - Dysmenorrhea: An update on primary healthcare management [2024]
  - Chronic pelvic pain with normal laparoscopic findings [2024]

Australia
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  - Endometriosis in Australia: prevalence and hospitalisations [2019]
- BMC Research Notes
  - The prevalence of self-reported diagnosed endometriosis in the Australian population: results from a nationally-representative survey [2019]
- Maturitas
  - Impact of endometriosis on women's health-related quality of life: A national prospective cohort study [2023]
- Reproduction and Fertility
  - Lessons from implementing the Australian National Action Plan for Endometriosis [2022]
Australia, Europe
- Australian Journal of General Practice
  - Endometriosis: A review of recent evidence and guidelines [2024]
Australia, New Zealand
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  - Endometriosis clinical practice guideline [2022]
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
- Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  - Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis. Guideline of the DGGG, SGGG and OEGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/045, August 2020) [2021]
  - QS ENDO Real – A Study by the German Endometriosis Research Foundation (SEF) on the Reality of Care for Patients with Endometriosis in Germany, Austria and Switzerland [2020]
Brazil
- Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  - Fertility preservation in women with endometriosis [2021]
Canada
- CMAJ
  - Diagnosis and management of endometriosis [2023]
- Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  - Endometriosis in Canada: It Is Time for Collaboration to Advance Patient-Oriented, Evidence-Based Policy, Care, and Research [2021]
  - Prevalence, Symptomatic Burden, and Diagnosis of Endometriosis in Canada: Cross-Sectional Survey of 30 000 Women [2020]
  - Cross-Sectional Survey of the Impact of Endometriosis Symptoms on Health-Related Quality of Life in Canadian Women [2020]
- Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  - Diagnosis and Impact of Endometriosis – A Canadian Guideline [2024]
Denmark
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  - Temporal and regional differences in the incidence of hospital-diagnosed endometriosis: a Danish population-based study [2022]
Europe
- European Menopause and Andropause Society
  - EMAS position statement: Managing the menopause in women with a past history of endometriosis [2010]
- European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy
  - Recommendations for the surgical treatment of endometriosis. Part 2: deep endometriosis [2020]
  - A European survey on the conservative surgical management of endometriotic cysts on behalf of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Endometriosis [2020]
  - Recommendations for the Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis. Part 1: Ovarian Endometrioma [2017]
- European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
  - ESHRE guideline: endometriosis [2022]
  - ESHRE guideline: management of women with endometriosis [2014]
- European Society of Urogenital Radiology
  - European society of urogenital radiology (ESUR) guidelines: MR imaging of pelvic endometriosis [2017]
- Implementation Science
  - The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis: an electronic guideline implementability appraisal [2011]
France
- Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
  - Deep pelvic infiltrating endometriosis: MRI consensus lexicon and compartment-based approach from the ENDOVALIRM group [2023]
- Fertility and Sterility
  - Enhanced recovery after posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis surgery: a national study [2022]
- Haute Autorité de Santé
  - Management of endometriosis CNGOF/HAS clinical practice guidelines [2018]
- Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  - Surgical management of endometriotic women with pregnancy intention in France: A national snapshot of centers performing a high volume of endometriosis procedures [2021]
- Scientific Reports
  - Increasing incidence and spatial hotspots of hospitalized endometriosis in France from 2011 to 2017 [2022]
Germany
- Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  - National German Guideline (S2k): Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis [2014]
- International Journal of Fertility & Sterility
  - Germany Endometriosis Pattern Changes; Prevalence and Therapy over 2010 and 2019 Years: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study [2022]
India
- Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
  - GCPR on Endometriosis [2017]
International
- BMC Women's Health
  - Treatment of endometriosis: a review with comparison of 8 guidelines [2021]
- BMJ Open
  - Protocol for developing, disseminating and implementing a core outcome set for endometriosis [2016]
- Current Medical Research and Opinion
  - Use of dienogest in endometriosis: a narrative literature review and expert commentary [2020]
- Drug Design, Development and Therapy
  - A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on the Use of Aromatase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Endometriosis: The Evidence to Date [2023]
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  - An exposure to endocrine active persistent pollutants and endometriosis - a review of current epidemiological studies [2023]
- European Journal of Pain
  - Psychosocial factors associated with pain and health-related quality of life in Endometriosis: A systematic review [2022]
- Facts, Views & Vision in ObGyn
  - What to choose and why to use - a critical review on the clinical relevance of rASRM, EFI and Enzian classifications of endometriosis [2021]
- Fertility and Sterility
  - World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and biobanking harmonization project: II. Clinical and covariate phenotype data collection in endometriosis research [2014]
  - World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project: III. Fluid biospecimen collection, processing, and storage in endometriosis research [2014]
  - World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project: IV. Tissue collection, processing, and storage in endometriosis research [2014]
  - World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project: I. Surgical phenotype data collection in endometriosis research [2014]
  - Pain scoring in endometriosis: entry criteria and outcome measures for clinical trials. Report from the Art and Science of Endometriosis meeting [2010]
- Healthcare
  - Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Incidence and Prevalence of Endometriosis [2020]
- Human Reproduction Open
  - Endometriosis classification systems: an international survey to map current knowledge and uptake [2022]
  - Endometriosis classification, staging and reporting systems: a review on the road to a universally accepted endometriosis classification [2021]
- Indian Journal of Medical Research
  - A systematic review on the prevalence of endometriosis in women [2021]
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  - The Subjective Experience of Dyspareunia in Women with Endometriosis: A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Research [2021]
- International Journal of General Medicine
  - Impact of Endometriosis on Life-Course Potential: A Narrative Review [2021]
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  - Liquid Biopsy in Endometriosis: A Systematic Review [2023]
  - Endometriosis and COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
  - Endometriosis and Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]
- Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
  - Development of Provisional Acupuncture Guidelines for Pelvic Pain in Endometriosis Using an e-Delphi Consensus Process [2023]
- Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
  - An International Terminology for Endometriosis, 2021 [2021]
- Medicine
  - Quality evaluation of endometriosis guidelines using AGREE II [2022]
- Reproduction and Fertility
  - The role of parity in the relationship between endometriosis and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
- Reproductive Sciences
  - The Efficacy of Self-Management Strategies for Females with Endometriosis: a Systematic Review [2023]
  - Defining Future Directions for Endometriosis Research [2013]
- Scientific Reports
  - A systematic review and meta-analysis on alcohol consumption and risk of endometriosis: an update from 2012 [2022]
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
  - Systematic approach to sonographic evaluation of the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis, including terms, definitions and measurements: a consensus opinion from the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group [2016]
- World Endometriosis Society
  - World Endometriosis Society consensus on the classification of endometriosis [2017]
  - Consensus on current management of endometriosis [2013]
Italy
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  - Does Quality of Care (QoC) Perception Influence the Quality of Life (QoL) in Women with Endometriosis? Results from an Italian Nationwide Survey during Covid Pandemic [2022]
Japan
- Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
  - Clinical practice guidelines for endometriosis in Japan (The 3rd edition) [2022]
  - Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of extragenital endometriosis in Japan, 2018 [2020]
Norway
- BMC Women's Health
  - Patients' and relatives' perspectives on best possible care in the context of developing a multidisciplinary center for endometriosis and adenomyosis: findings from a national survey [2022]
Poland
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  - Awareness of Endometriosis Symptoms—A Cross Sectional Survey among Polish Women [2021]
Republic of Korea
- Journal of Epidemiology
  - The Estimated Prevalence and Incidence of Endometriosis With the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC): A National Population-Based Study [2021]
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
  - Clinical evaluation and management of endometriosis: guideline for Korean patients from Korean Society of Endometriosis [2018]
- Scientific Reports
  - Current treatments for endometriosis in South Korea: an analysis of nationwide data from 2010 to 2019 [2023]
South Africa
- Southern African Society of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecological Endoscopy
  - South African guideline for treatment of endometriosis [2017]
Spain
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  - Epidemiology of Endometriosis in Spain and Its Autonomous Communities: A Large, Nationwide Study [2021]
Sweden
- Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
  - Endometriosis – Diagnosis, treatment and patient experiences [2018]
Taiwan
- Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
  - Women with endometriosis have higher comorbidities: Analysis of domestic data in Taiwan [2016]
United Kingdom
- British Journal of Radiology
  - MRI for the diagnosis and staging of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: a national survey of BSGE accredited endometriosis centres and review of the literature [2020]
- Health Technology Assessment
  - Preventing recurrence of endometriosis-related pain by means of long-acting progestogen therapy: the PRE-EMPT RCT [2024]
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  - Endometriosis: diagnosis and management [2024]
  - Endometriosis [2018]
  - Endometriosis and fibroids
- NHS England
  - Severe endometriosis [2013]
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  - The Effect of Surgery for Endometriomas on Fertility [2017]
United States
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  - Endometriosis
- Fertility and Sterility
  - Perioperative outcomes in a nationwide sample of patients undergoing surgical treatment of ovarian endometriomas [2022]
- Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
  - Short-acting and Long-acting Opioids Utilization among Women Diagnosed with Endometriosis in the United States: A Population-based Claims Study [2021]
- PLoS ONE
  - National trends in inpatient endometriosis admissions: Patients, procedures and outcomes, 2006-2015 [2019]
- Society for Women's Health Research
  - Stigma and Endometriosis: A Brief Overview and Recommendations to Improve Psychosocial Well-Being and Diagnostic Delay [2021]
WHO
- World Health Organization
  - Endometriosis: Fact sheet
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- Topic
  - Gynecologic ultrasound
  - Gynecologic surgery
  - Female infertility
  - Dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain
  - Abnormal uterine bleeding, menorrhagia

Gynecologic surgery

Gynecologic ultrasound

Uterine fibroids

Vulvar diseases