Mathijs D. Blikkendaal

No ORCID on file · 14 papers in corpus · active 2020-2024

Study types

  • article 11
  • other 1
  • preprint 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 13
  • mesh:D004715 5
  • endometrioma 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • dyspareunia 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
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…

other 2024
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-024-03058-0

PURPOSE: When resecting endometriomas with the stripping technique, in the majority of cases, a thin line of adjacent ovarian cortex is attached to the endometrioma. In this study, we performed histological analysis to determine (antral) fo…

article 2024
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-024-01715-4

Surgical intervention for endometriosis is an important treatment modality, yet incomplete resection resulting from poor visibility of affected tissue and consequently recurrence of disease remains a prevalent challenge. Intra-operative vis…

article 2024
·doi:10.1093/humrep/deae108.685

Abstract Study question To determine (antral) follicle density in the ovarian cortex tissue attached to stripped endometriomas and patient- and surgical characteristics affecting this density. Summary answer Ovarian tissue attached to strip…

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…

review 2023
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.07.007

Intra-operative fluorescent imaging of endometriosis could help to optimize surgical treatment. Potential biomarkers to use as target for endometriosis-binding fluorescent probes were identified using a new five-phase transcriptomics-based …

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 2023
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-023-07193-4

Abstract Purpose Patients often undergo repeat surgery for endometriosis, due to recurrent or residual disease. Previous surgery is often considered a risk factor for worse surgical outcome. However, data are scarce concerning the influence…

article 2022
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2022.110222
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 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…