This clinical reference text covers scientific advances in endometriosis and contains information on disease mechanisms as well as medical and surgical treatment.
List of principal contributors vii(2) Foreword ix Basic aspects 1(24) 1 The epidemiology of endometriosis 1(6) Gruppo Italiano Endometriosi 2 Pathogenesis: why do women develop endometriosis? 7(8) J.L.H. Evers 3 Immunological aspects of endometriosis: the host response 15(10) M. Massobrio M. Ardizzoja C.M. Carmazzi F. Comoglio M.G. Oliveri Clinical appearance 25(34) 4 Ovarian, peritoneal and rectovaginal endometriosis: a unifying hypothesis 25(12) J.J. Brosens I.A. Brosens 5 Classification of endometriosis: the investigators cul-de-sac 37(14) P. Vercellini A. Pisacreta A. Pesole S. Maddalena B. Zaina P.G. Crosignani 6 Natural history of endometriosis in baboons: is endometriosis an intermittent and/or progressive disease? 51(8) T.M. DHooghe Infertility and pelvic pain 59(20) 7 Endometriosis-associated infertility 59(6) M. Vignali R. Borroni 8 Endometriosis-associated infertility: role of assisted reproduction 65(8) P. Anserini V. Remorgida G.L. Capitanio 9 Endometriosis and pelvic pain 73(6) D.H. Barlow Endocrine modulation: medical treatment 79(24) 10 Endometrium and endometriosis -- which link? 79(8) M. Sillem S. Prifti B. Runnebaum 11 GnRH superagonist analog treatment for endometriosis 87(8) P. Bianchi A. Pera G. Benagiano 12 Progestogens and estrogen-progestogen combinations for the treatment of pain and infertility associated with endometriosis 95(8) P.G. Crosignani P. Vercellini A. Pisacreta S. Maddalena A. Pesole L. Yaylayan Surgical treatment 103(24) 13 Approach and treatment modalities of endometriomas 103(6) P.L. Venturini F. Prefumo 14 Deep endometriosis 109(8) D.B. Redwine 15 The role of laparoscopic laser surgery in endometriosis, pelvic pain and infertility 117(6) C. Sutton 16 Treatment of recurrent endometriosis 123(4) M. Busacca S. Bianchi C. Calia M. Vignali Index 127
