Endometriosis classification according to pain symptoms: can the ASRM classification be improved?

Marina Paula Andres; Giuliano Moysés Borrelli; Mauricio Simões Abrão; Maurício Simões Abrão

doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2018.06.003

Endometriosis classification according to pain symptoms: can the ASRM classification be improved?

Marina Paula Andres, Giuliano Moysés Borrelli, Mauricio Simões Abrão, Maurício Simões Abrão

Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology · 2018 · vol. 51 , pp. 111–118 · doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2018.06.003 · PMID:30029959 · W2808518031

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This study investigates whether endometriosis pain symptoms can be better classified using the ASRM classification system.

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Chronic Pain Endometriosis Infertility, Female Severity of Illness Index Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Disease Progression Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Infertility, Female Infertility, Female Pain Measurement Pain Measurement

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[1] Anatomical distribution of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: surgical implications and proposition for a classification via openalex

[2] A proposed classification of pelvic endometriosis. via openalex

[3] Aspectos epidemiológicos e clínicos da endometriose pélvica: uma série de casos via openalex

[4] Association between endometriosis stage, lesion type, patient characteristics and severity of pelvic pain symptoms: a multivariate analysis of over 1000 patients via openalex

[5] Deep endometriosis infiltrating the recto-sigmoid: critical factors to consider before management via openalex

[6] Diagnosis of Stage I Endometriosis: Comparing Visual Inspection to Histologic Biopsy Specimen via openalex

[7] Efficacy of the revised Enzian classification: a retrospective analysis. Does the revised Enzian classification solve the problem of duplicate classification in rASRM and Enzian? via openalex

[8] Endometriosis fertility index: the new, validated endometriosis staging system via openalex

[9] Enzian classification: does it correlate with clinical symptoms and the <scp>rASRM</scp> score? via openalex

[10] ENZIAN-Score, eine Klassifikation der tief infiltrierenden Endometriose via openalex

[11] Impact of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis on the Cure of Endometriosis and Pain via openalex

[12] Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis via openalex

[13] Peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriosis, and adenomyotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum are three different entities via openalex

[14] Prediction of pregnancy in infertile women based on the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's revised classification of endometriosis via openalex

[15] Reliability of Visual Diagnosis of Endometriosis via openalex

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[22] W1968557684 via openalex

[23] W2163315477 via openalex

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[25] W2401134385 via openalex

[26] W2477008945 via openalex