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Vaginal Contraception With NuvaRing Decreases Symptoms and Uterine Features of Adenomyosis: A Prospective Evaluation.

(Abstracted from Contraception 2025:150:111016, doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111016) Adenomyosis occurs when ectopic endometrial glands invade the myometrium and can cause symptoms such as an enlarged uterus, heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, infertility, and …

Assessing the effectiveness of a pelvic pain management programme: does an endometriosis diagnosis influence outcome (a comparative analysis of outcomes in women with and without endometriosis).

Pain Management Programmes (PMPs) are recommended for chronic pain, but their effectiveness for endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain (CPP) remains unclear. This study evaluates outcomes from a specialised, multidisciplinary Pelvic Pain …

Physical activity phenotypes in endometriosis using unsupervised learning via functional mixture models.

Endometriosis is a chronic condition associated with severe pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, infertility, and worsening quality of life. Regular physical activity (PA) is effective for pain management and reducing chronic disease …

A Scoping Systematic Review of Cannabis Use in Endometriosis.

Endometriosis, affecting 6%-10% of reproductive-age women, causes chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. Current treatments have limitations and consequently there is rising interest in effects of cannabis on pain and …

The Role of Hysterectomy in the Management of Endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a complex, chronic disorder that has the potential to produce long-term negative impact on the life and function of patients who carry this diagnosis. Endometriosis is thought to …

Fluorescence-guided nerve-sparing surgery for deep endometriosis using indocyanine green.

Although the benefit of nerve-sparing surgery for deep endometriosis (DE) with postoperative voiding dysfunction has been demonstrated, it requires a high level of surgical skill to accurately remove endometriosis lesions …

Bowel surgery for endometriosis-associated infertility: navigating amidst the certainty of the uncertainty.

Microbiota insights in endometriosis.

Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age and is characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, leading to chronic pelvic pain, infertility, and a …

The pelvic pain bias assessment: a new assessment of interpretation bias specific to pelvic pain.

Pelvic pain is a common and often debilitating experience with limited treatment options. Improving understanding of the psychosocial mechanisms involved in pelvic pain experiences will enhance the efficacy of pain …

Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Rates of Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Evaluation of Endometriosis in Adolescents with Pelvic Pain: a Retrospective Cohort Study.

Endometriosis often presents in adolescence as chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or dysmenorrhea. Research in adults demonstrates non-White race is associated with delayed surgical diagnosis of endometriosis; however, inequity in adolescents …