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02/May/2019
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AO4583
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate clinical features and complications in patients with bowel endometriosis submitted to hormonal therapy. Methods: Retrospective study based on data extracted from medical records of 238 women with recto-sigmoid endometriosis treated between May 2010 and May 2016. Results: Over the course of follow-up, 143 (60.1%) women remained in medical treatment while 95 (39.9%) presented with worsening of pain symptoms or intestinal lesion growth (failure of medical treatment group), with surgical resection performed in 54 cases. Women in […]
Keywords: Contraceptives, oral, combined; Endometriosis/therapy; Hormones/therapeutic use; Pelvic pain; Progestins; Sigmoid diseases; Ultrasonography