Surgery and the use of drugs provided reduced pain scores in patients with endometriosis but nevertheless exhibit disadvantages , such as risk of recurrence and side effects , respectively .
However , improved quality of life in these patients has been obtained with the use of conventional treatment
Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease characterized by sustained painful symptoms that are responsible for a decline in the quality of life of sufferers .
Conventional treatment includes surgical and pharmacological therapy aim ing at reducing painful symptoms .
This study aim ed to evaluate pain levels in women with endometriosis , focusing on the influence of conventional treatment in controlling this variable .
Treatment of endometriosis is , therefore , a challenge for gynecologists and patients , as they must select the best therapeutic approach for this disease .
Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study
Background Deep infiltrating endometriosis ( DIE ) can affect importantly patients ' quality of life ( QOL ) . The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the laparoscopic management of DIE on QOL after six months from treatment . Methods It is a prospect i ve cohort study . In a tertiary care university hospital , between April 2008 and December 2009 , 100 patients underwent laparoscopic management of DIE  and completed preoperatively and 6-months postoperatively a QOL question naire , the short form 36 ( SF-36 ) . Quality of life was measured through the SF-36 scores . Intra-operative details of disease site , number of lesions , type of intervention , period of hospital stay and peri-operative complications were noted . Results Six months postoperatively all the women had a significant improvement in every scale of the SF-36 ( p < 0,0005 ) . Among patients with intestinal DIE , significant differences in postoperative scores of SF-36 were not detected between patients su bmi tted to nodule shaving and segmental resection ( p > 0.05 ) . There was no significant difference in the SF-36 scores at 6 months from surgery between patients who received postoperative medical treatment and patients who did not ( p > 0.05 ) . Conclusions Laparoscopic excision of DIE lesions significantly improves general health and psycho-emotional status at six months from surgery without differences between patients su bmi tted to intestinal segmental resection or intestinal nodule shaving
Surgery and the use of drugs provided reduced pain scores in patients with endometriosis but nevertheless exhibit disadvantages , such as risk of recurrence and side effects , respectively .
However , improved quality of life in these patients has been obtained with the use of conventional treatment
Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease characterized by sustained painful symptoms that are responsible for a decline in the quality of life of sufferers .
Conventional treatment includes surgical and pharmacological therapy aim ing at reducing painful symptoms .
This study aim ed to evaluate pain levels in women with endometriosis , focusing on the influence of conventional treatment in controlling this variable .
Treatment of endometriosis is , therefore , a challenge for gynecologists and patients , as they must select the best therapeutic approach for this disease .