OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of endometriosis medical therapies on bone mineral density (BMD). DATA SOURCES: Electronic databases were searched from inception to July 2025 for clinical studies reporting the effect of hormonal treatmen…
OBJECTIVE: The primary objective was to evaluate the prevalence of undiagnosed iron deficiency in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: We performed a multi-center, cross-sectional study at two tertiary care hospitals. We included 251 non-…
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the quality of operative reports for endometriosis surgeries performed by fellowship-trained, high-volume endometriosis surgeons. METHODS: In this retrospective review, 5 consecutive deidentified surgical reports pe…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of hormonal suppression of endometriosis on the size of endometriotic ovarian cysts. DATA SOURCES: The authors searched MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, and Clinical…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the proportion of patients undergoing hysterectomy for a benign indication who have unexpected malignancy (UM) on postoperative pathology and characterize the nature of UMs. METHODS: This was a multi-center, retrosp…
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the efficacy of medical management of uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and compare efficacy between different classes of medication. In addition, we evaluated for factors associated with treatment success and …
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether retrofilling the bladder on completion of elective laparoscopic gynecologic surgery for benign indications has an effect on the timing of the first postoperative void and the timing of discharge from the…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether dienogest therapy after endometriosis surgery reduces the risk of endometriosis recurrence compared with expectant management. DATA SOURCES: Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register…