STAGING ENDOMETRIOSIS – A CONTINUOUS CHALLENGE
Accepted
29 March 2026
Available Online
20 July 2019
Abstract
ENDOMETRIOSIS IS SUCH A COMPLEX DISEASE, WITH VARIOUS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND MORPHOPATHOLOGICAL PRESENTATIONS, THAT MOST OF THE TIME, THE INTRAOPERATORY FINDINGS DON’T MATCH THE PATIENT’S SYMPTOMATOLOGY. IN THAT REGARD, FOR MANY YEARS, GYNECOLOGISTS AROUND THE WORLD STRUGGELED TO CONCEIVE MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATION AND STAGING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO CONSIDERATE AND TO INCLUDE ALL THE ASPECTS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS FROM QUALITY OF LIFE, PAIN, INFERTILITY, TO BETTER RESEARCH APPLICATIONS AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE.
Keywords
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
STAGING SYSTEMS
ENDOMETRIOSIS
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