title: Should a diagnosis of endometriosis be sought in all symptomatic women?
abstract: A tool is needed to enable clinicians to determine whether women wish to seek a pathology-based explanation for chronic pelvic pain or whether they just want symptom relief. Such an approach might reduce the number of unnecessary laparoscopies without adversely affecting outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. stephen.kennedy@obs-gyn.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015897:Comorbidity; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health