title: Is there a solution for recurrent endometriosis?
abstract: Endometriosis may be either symptomatic or asymptomatic. Recurrence rates are mostly calculated on the basis of symptomatic patients re-presenting to their doctor. Based on the number of patients who experience recurrence of symptoms after medical or surgical therapy, recurrence rates of up to 45% after five years have been calculated. Whether the symptoms are due to real recurrence of disease or expanding, previously microscopic, endometriotic implants has not yet been established. Therapy should be tailored to the patient's complaints, but does not necessarily have to differ from that in patients with primary disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Dunselman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Land
authors.forename: P X
authors.initials: PX
authors.lastname: Bouckaert
mesh_terms: D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000601:surgery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*