OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term @entity158 reduction achieved by laparoscopic presacral neurectomy. METHODS: One hundred seventy-six @entity1 with median (range) age 30 (18-45) years underwent presacral neurectomy combined with excision and vaporization of endometriotic lesions and were observed, using structured questionnaires, for up to 72 months postoperatively. The study included a convenience sample of the first 100 questionnaires returned. Forty of the @entity1 were studied for 12-23 months, and 60 for 24-72 months. The main outcome measures were reduction of @entity2371 , @entity1834 , and @entity546 after surgery. RESULTS: @entity2371 , @entity1834 , and @entity546 were reportedly reduced by more than 50% in 74, 61, and 55 @entity1 , respectively, more than 12 months after laparoscopic presacral neurectomy. More than 50% reduction in @entity2371 was reported by 69.8%, 77.3%, 71.4%, and 84.6% of the @entity1 , respectively, with @entity46 stages I-IV, using the revised classification of the American Fertility Society. Comparatively, more than 50% reduction in @entity1834 was reported by 52.8% of the @entity1 with stage I @entity46 , 68.2% with stage II, 71.4% with stage III, and 69.2% with stage IV. Reduction of @entity546 by more than 50% was reported by 54.7% of the @entity1 with stage I @entity46 , 50.0% with stage II, 28.6% with stage III, and 61.5% with stage IV. CONCLUSION: Long-term outcome of laparoscopic presacral neurectomy is satisfactory in the majority of @entity1 . The stage of @entity46 is not related directly to the degree of @entity158 improvement achieved.

Long-term outcome of laparoscopic presacral neurectomy for the treatment of central @entity2371 attributed to XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients'] @entity1834 :: ('MESH:D004412', 'Disease') :: ['dysmenorrhea'] @entity2371 :: ('MESH:D017699', 'Disease') :: ['pelvic pain', 'Pelvic pain'] @entity46 :: ('MESH:D004715', 'Disease') :: ['endometriosis'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity546 :: ('MESH:D004414', 'Disease') :: ['dyspareunia']
@entity46 :: (MESH:D004715,Disease) :: ['endometriosis']
