OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine what relationship exists between interstitial cystitis and chronic pelvic pain in patients. METHODS A prospective study of 35 women with a complaint of chronic pelvic pain was performed between August 2002 and September 2003. These patients underwent a workup to exclude other causes of pelvic pain and underwent a laparoscopy and a cystosc...

OBJECTIVE To determine the value in the initial laparoscopic and cystoscopic evaluation of avoiding the unnecessary delay in diagnosing the "evil twins" of chronic pelvic pain syndrome, endometriosis and interstitial cystitis. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 60 women ranging in age from 19 to 62. They underwent concurrent laparoscopy, cystoscopy, and hydrodistentions from Janua...

BACKGROUND Leptin influences the proinflammatory immune responses and has angiogenic activity in vitro and in vivo. The objective of this study was to evaluate the peritoneal fluid levels of leptin in patients with endometriosis and idiopathic infertility and compare them with a control group of tubal ligation/reanastomosis patients. METHODS In this observational, prospective controlled study...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To report the frequency and spectrum of histologically proved diseases of the appendix in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for chronic pelvic pain in conjunction with endometriosis in a tertiary referral center. DESIGN: Patient database with retrospective chart review (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SETTING: University ambulatory endoscopic surgery center—ter...

STUDY QUESTION How do fully-comprehensive patient-centred descriptions of the symptoms of endometriosis compare with the physicians' description of the symptoms? SUMMARY ANSWER The description of the painful symptoms due to endometriosis is based on numerous distinct parameters. The way these are used to describe symptoms and the way they are interpreted varies significantly between patients ...

endometriosis is a gynecologic disorder characterized by the presence of viable, extrauterine endometrial tissue, predominantly on the ovary and pelvic peritoneum (1-3). typical symptoms consist of pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility (1, 2). this condition takes place only in women of menstrual age, can grow or bleed cyclically and may cause adhesions (1, 2). endometriosis represents a w...

Office sonovaginography (SVG) challenges the concept of the "normal" pelvic ultrasound in women with chronic pelvic pain and suspected endometriosis. When positive for posterior compartment deep infiltrating endometriosis, with or without Pouch of Douglas obliteration, office SVG allows for triaging of women to the appropriately trained advanced laparoscopic gynaecological and colorectal surgic...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether electrodermal measures at Jing-Well acupuncture points, "indicator" points located at the tips of fingers and toes are associated with clinical measures in adolescent women with chronic pelvic pain. DESIGN The design of this study was a randomized sham-controlled trial. Analyses of electrodermal measures were based on longitudinal, multivariable analyses using ...

Purpose: The aim of our work was to explore which of the most commonly used pain scales is best suited to assess treatment success in endometriosis therapy and, therefore, qualifies best to be used as primary endpoint for clinical studies in this indication. Methods: We compared patient’s responses on the different pain scales Visual Analog Scale, Biberoglu and Behrman Score, and SF-36 Bodily P...

BACKGROUND Cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) is a glycoprotein biomarker that is used in women with pelvic masses such as endometriosis and maybe is useful in practice of patients suspicious to endometriosis. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between preoperative serum CA-125 levels and clinic pathological characteristic in women with endometriosis, and find out the be...