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.
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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