Category: Endometriosis

What are the symptoms of endometriosis?
By Informer on July 04th, 2009

What are the symptoms of endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that is difficult to diagnose and to treat.
Without treatment, endometriosis gets progressively worse in 65% to 80% of patients.
Even with treatment, endometriosis continues to advance in 20% of patients.
Cysts and implants may grow and spread to other parts of the pelvis, and in very severe cases, to the urinary or intestinal tracts. Eventually adhesions may form. These are dense, web-like structures of scar tissue that can attach to nearby organs and cause pain, infertility, and intestinal obstruction.
Pelvic Pain
The most common problem for women with endometriosis is pain, which can significantly impair the quality of life.

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What is the endometriosis disease?
By Informer on July 04th, 2009

What is the endometriosis disease?

Endometriosis is a common condition affecting women. It is a chronic, painful, and often progressive disease in women. The causes of endometriosis are unknown.It has widel variability in symptoms and severity, so diagnosis is at times difficult.

Endometrial Implants

Endometriosis occurs when cells from the mucus membrane lining the uterus (endometrium) form implants that attach, grow, and function outside the uterus, generally in the pelvic region.

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What is conservative surgery for endometriosis?
By Informer on July 04th, 2009

What is conservative surgery for endometriosis?

The goal of conservative surgery is to aggressively remove as many endometrial implants and cysts as possible without causing surgical scarring and subsequent adhesions that could hamper future fertility. The two conservative surgical routes used are either laparoscopy or laparotomy. Improving Fertility. Surgery has been shown to improve infertility rates in women with severe endometriosis [...]

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Endometriosis: surgical strategies
By Informer on July 04th, 2009

Endometriosis: surgical strategies

Endometriosis is a chronic proliferative disorder and needs treatment aggressively to provide relief from its symptoms and arrest progression of the disease.
Treatment options include medical or surgical or a combination of both.
We offer the option depending on the individual patient needs and desires and most importantly the symptoms and the severity of her disease. Our surgical strategy to tackle endometriosis is as follows…

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