The evidence for the management of endometriosis.
This review article has focussed on identifying the evidence from randomized controlled trials for the medical and surgical management of endometriosis. A critical summary of the medical management has shown that there is little difference in effectiveness of various medical treatments, but there are differences in the side-effect profiles. Few randomized controlled trials have been undertaken in surgery, but these have shown that surgical management is effective in the management of both painful symptoms and subfertility.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland School of Medicine, National Women's Hospital, New Zealand. c.farquhar@auckland.ac.nz
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D004715:Endometriosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012008:Recurrence
D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone