OBJECTIVE: To assess the longer term efficacy of laparoscopic laser surgery in the treatment of @entity2371 and to observe the natural history of the disease at second-look laparoscopy in a control group. DESIGN: One-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial. SETTING: A referral center for the laparoscopic laser treatment of @entity46 . @entity1 (S): Sixty-three @entity1 with @entity2371 and minimal to moderate @entity46 . INTERVENTION(S): After the 6-month follow-up visit, the randomization code was broken, and follow-up was continued to 1 year. Symptomatic @entity1 were offered second-look laser laparoscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Continued symptom relief at 1 year after treatment and findings at second-look laparoscopy in symptomatic controls. RESULT(S): Symptom relief continued at 1 year in 90% of those who initially responded. All symptomatic controls had a second-look procedure, with 7 (29%) showing disease progression, 7 (29%) showing disease regression, and 10 (42%) having static disease. CONCLUSION(S): The benefits of laser laparoscopy for @entity2371 are continued in the majority of @entity1 at 1 year. Untreated @entity158 will progress or remain static in the majority of @entity1 but will spontaneously improve in others.

Follow-up report on a randomized controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of @entity2371 associated with minimal to moderate XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENT'] @entity46 :: ('MESH:D004715', 'Disease') :: ['endometriosis'] @entity2371 :: ('MESH:D017699', 'Disease') :: ['painful pelvic endometriosis', 'pelvic pain'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['painful endometriosis']
@entity46 :: (MESH:D004715,Disease) :: ['endometriosis']
