Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature
Abdominal-pelvic pain is the dominant symptom in endometriosis, one of the most common pathologies that affect women, being also a multifactorial disorder. Exploratory laparoscopy allows the correct assessment of the location as well as severity and extent of the lesions, thus representing the curre...
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doaj-035890ebb2ab46419311694a8e9f25bf2020-11-25T01:34:31ZengIon Motofei, Carol Davila UniversityJournal of Mind and Medical Sciences2392-76742392-76742018-10-015215816210.22543/7674.52.P158162Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literatureDumitru Cristinel Badiu0Marina Romina Sima1Claudia Mehedintu2Bogdan Mastalier3Mihaela Mandu4Liliana Florina Andronache5Dan Nicolae Paduraru6Anca Pantea Stoian7Valentin Titus Grigorean8Carol Davila University, Bagdasar Arseni Clinical Hospital, Department of Surgery, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bucharest, Romania Carol Davila University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bucharest, Romania Carol Davila University, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Department of Surgery, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Bagdasar Arseni Clinical Hospital, Department of Surgery, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Faculty of General Medicine, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Surgery, The University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Bagdasar Arseni Clinical Hospital, Department of Surgery, Bucharest, RomaniaAbdominal-pelvic pain is the dominant symptom in endometriosis, one of the most common pathologies that affect women, being also a multifactorial disorder. Exploratory laparoscopy allows the correct assessment of the location as well as severity and extent of the lesions, thus representing the current gold standard in diagnosis. The correlation of pain intensity with the evolutionary stage of endometriosis is inconstant. Surgical treatment, preferably performed laparoscopically, includes the excision of the ectopic endometrium, having as a primary objective the control of persistent pain and the removal of all endometriotic foci. This procedure helps to improve the life quality of the patient, to reduce relapses, to control postoperative pain, and to eliminate the disease. Pre- and post-operative adjuvant medical treatment is used due to its effects on the symptomatology, prolonging the asymptomatic period of the disease. Despite the use of the above procedures, there are cases in which the abdominal-pelvic pain persists even after surgery, which makes endometriosis a significant challenge for both the specialist and the patient, as well as for the medical system itself, as the study of the pathogenic mechanisms is yet the subject of numerous studies. Nutritional education in these patients is essential, given the recommendation to restrict the range of foods and to increase other foods that have an important role in reducing the risk or even leading to regression of the endometrial pathology.https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=jmms endometriosispainpostoperativeestrogenstreatmentnutrition |
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Dumitru Cristinel Badiu Marina Romina Sima Claudia Mehedintu Bogdan Mastalier Mihaela Mandu Liliana Florina Andronache Dan Nicolae Paduraru Anca Pantea Stoian Valentin Titus Grigorean Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences endometriosis pain postoperative estrogens treatment nutrition |
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Dumitru Cristinel Badiu Marina Romina Sima Claudia Mehedintu Bogdan Mastalier Mihaela Mandu Liliana Florina Andronache Dan Nicolae Paduraru Anca Pantea Stoian Valentin Titus Grigorean |
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Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature |
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Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature |
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Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature |
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Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature |
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Abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature |
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abdominal-pelvic pain in female patients with endometriosis - a review of the literature |
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Ion Motofei, Carol Davila University |
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Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences |
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2392-7674 2392-7674 |
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2018-10-01 |
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Abdominal-pelvic pain is the dominant symptom in endometriosis, one of the most common pathologies that affect women, being also a multifactorial disorder. Exploratory laparoscopy allows the correct assessment of the location as well as severity and extent of the lesions, thus representing the current gold standard in diagnosis. The correlation of pain intensity with the evolutionary stage of endometriosis is inconstant. Surgical treatment, preferably performed laparoscopically, includes the excision of the ectopic endometrium, having as a primary objective the control of persistent pain and the removal of all endometriotic foci. This procedure helps to improve the life quality of the patient, to reduce relapses, to control postoperative pain, and to eliminate the disease. Pre- and post-operative adjuvant medical treatment is used due to its effects on the symptomatology, prolonging the asymptomatic period of the disease. Despite the use of the above procedures, there are cases in which the abdominal-pelvic pain persists even after surgery, which makes endometriosis a significant challenge for both the specialist and the patient, as well as for the medical system itself, as the study of the pathogenic mechanisms is yet the subject of numerous studies. Nutritional education in these patients is essential, given the recommendation to restrict the range of foods and to increase other foods that have an important role in reducing the risk or even leading to regression of the endometrial pathology. |
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endometriosis pain postoperative estrogens treatment nutrition |
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