Sara Imboden

Introduction: Endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease often beginning in adolescence, significantly impacts quality of life. Delayed diagnosis contributes to prolonged suffering, educational disruption, and high healthcare costs. Prom…

Prevalence of endometriosis differs among patients with gynecological cancer and is most frequent in ovarian cancer patients.

Background: Endometrioma recurrence after laparoscopic cystectomy remains a clinical challenge in the long-term management of endometriosis. The Empressin Injection Technique (EIT), which involves the use of a vasopressin analog during surg…

BACKGROUND: The advantage of robot-assisted hysterectomy over standard laparoscopy remains controversial. Conventional robots offer limited flexibility to the surgeon. The novel, Dexter robotic system™, allows integration and easy switch be…

STUDY AIMS: This study aimed to deepen the understanding of endometriosis symptoms, types, and therapy recommendations for Swiss endometriosis patients in Swiss-certified endometriosis centres in 2022. METHODS: In this exploratory retrospec…

Adenomyosis, a benign gynecological condition characterized by the infiltration of endometrial tissue into the myometrium, poses significant challenges to women's reproductive health. Recently, the landscape of adenomyosis diagnosis tr…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a brief summary of the high incidence, symptomatology, different types, and diagnosis of adenomyosis and to explore various aspects of the disease, with the primary aim of raising awareness among gynecologists for appr…

Background/Objectives: Postsurgical lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) is a common problem following deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) resection. The condition may be caused either by surgically induced damage to the bladder innerva…

We present a new systematic, comprehensive, checklist-based sonographic assessment of endometriosis in the female true pelvis. Emphasis is placed on practical skills teaching. The newly introduced White Sliding Line (WSL) is the core struct…

Adenomyosis is a common benign gynecologic condition characterized by ectopic endometrial glands and stroma in the myometrium causing pain (dysmenorrhea) and abnormal uterine bleeding. New interventional techniques have been introduced over…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics indicating preoperatively the presence of diaphragmatic endometriosis (DE). DESIGN: Comparison of characteristics of patients with diaphragmatic endometriosis (DE) with characteristics of patien…

Higher cesarean section rates and better ultrasound diagnostics have led to a more frequent diagnosis of isthmocele, a cesarean scar defect. Sometimes, endometriosis is found in the isthmocele, but simultaneous extrauterine endometriosis an…

Leptin has been proposed as a biomarker for endometriosis. Previous studies have shown mixed results. The aim of this study was to compare peritoneal fluid (PF) leptin concentrations between patients with and without endometriosis in a coho…

ABSTRACT: Endocannabinoid (eCB) levels fluctuate in inflammatory conditions and as such may take part in endometriosis-associated pain or even in endometriosis pathogenesis. In this case-control (23 cases and 19 controls) study, targeted li…

(1) Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of endometriosis on postoperative pain following laparoscopic hysterectomy; (2) Methods: A total of 214 women who underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy between January 2013 an…