Endometriosis

Current Topics in Diagnosis and Management

Nazar Amso, Saikat Banerjee, Nazar Amso, Saikat Banerjee

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9780429947940
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Teoría, práctica y referencia médicas

This text offers an up-to-date, evidence-based overview of a challenging disease, which affectsone in ten women and is often compounded by delayed diagnosis and significant impact on quality of life. The international authors, experts in their fields, propose new paradigms that will demystify the disease, expedite diagnosis, and manage it to the highest professional standard. The book will be of benefit to established practitioners and generalists in the field, as well as those in training; it is rich with illustrations and links to procedural videos.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Editors
• Contributors
• 1. The Origins of Endometriosis
• 2. Endometriosis: Clinical Manifestation and Differential Diagnosis
• 3. Pelvic Ultrasound for Endometriosis: General Features
• 4. Alternative Imaging Techniques for Endometriosis: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• 5. A Surgeon’s Perspective on Diagnosis
• 6. Pain Management Strategies and Alternative Therapies
• 7. Medical Therapies
• 8. Infertility
• 9. Anatomically Based Surgical Dissection for Deep Endometriosis Surgery
• 10. Ovarian Endometriosis
• 11. Colorectal Surgery for Deep Endometriosis Infiltrating the Bowel
• 12. Urologic Involvement
• 13. Endometriosis of the Pelvic Nerves
• 14. Quality Indicators in Imaging
• 15. Quality Indicators in Endometriosis Surgery
• 16. Training and Certification in Imaging for Endoscopic Surgeons
• 17. Training and Certification in Surgery
• 18. Endometriosis Centers of Excellence, Past, Present and Future: The Challenges of Introducing New Technologies
• Index