Andries R. H. Twijnstra

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 2020-2025

Study types

  • article 8
  • preprint 1
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • adenomyosis 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • infertility 1
  • dyspareunia 1
rct 2025
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.15165

INTRODUCTION: Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a less-invasive alternative for hysterectomy in therapy-resistant symptomatic adenomyosis. Comparative data are lacking. Our objective is to evaluate the non-inferiority of UAE compared wit…

article 2024
·doi:10.1177/22840265241302377

Current treatment options for chronic endometriosis-associated pain are often inadequate, resulting in a rise in opioid consumption in this population. Given its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-depressive properties, esketamine may b…

article 2024
·doi:10.1177/22840265241259880

Introduction: Esketamine infusion therapy is currently used to reduce the process of sensitization in patients with chronic pain syndromes. Given its anti-inflammatory, anti-depressive, and analgesic properties, this drug could be effective…

article 2024
Reproduction & fertility ·doi:10.1530/raf-23-0048

Currently, the optimal treatment to increase the chance of pregnancy and live births in patients with colorectal endometriosis and subfertility is unknown. Evidence suggests that that both surgery and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracy…

article 2023
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoad019

STUDY QUESTION: What is the additional value of the comprehensive complication index (CCI) and ClassIntra system (classification for intraoperative adverse events (ioAEs)) in adverse event (AE) reporting in (deep) endometriosis (DE) surgery…

article 2023
·doi:10.1177/22840265231153518

Introduction: The pathophysiology of endometriosis-induced pain is complex and current pain management is often inadequate. As a consequence, the quality of life of endometriosis patients is reduced due to persistent and often recurrent sev…

article 2022
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.14.3.034

Background: Deep Endometriosis (DE) classification studies with Enzian never compared solitary compartments (A, B, C, F), and combinations of anatomical locations (A&B, A&C, B&C, A&B&C), in correlation to pain. Therefore, the results of the…

preprint 2021
·doi:10.22541/au.163679785.56818524/v1

Objective To study pain symptoms and their correlation with the anatomical location (and extent) of deep endometriosis lesion(s) classified by the Enzian score. Design Prospective multi-centre study Setting Web-based application called EQUS…

article 2021
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.13.1.007

BACKGROUND: Subfertility occurs in 30-40% of endometriosis patients. Regarding the fertilisation rate with in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and endometriosis, conflicting data has been published. This study aimed to compare endometriosis patien…

article 2020
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoaa053

Abstract STUDY QUESTION Is electronic digital classification/staging of endometriosis by the EQUSUM application more accurate in calculating the scores/stages and is it easier to use compared to non-digital classification? SUMMARY ANSWER We…