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Endometriosis - Management
Basis for recommendation
These recommendations are based on expert advice in guidelines published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [RCOG, 2006] and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology [Kennedy et al, 2005], and two non-systematic reviews [Brosens, 1997; Farquhar, 2007].
- A non-systematic review found that [Laufer et al, 2003]:
- Endometriosis in adolescents may present with acyclic, cyclic, or continuous pelvic pain.
- Several studies have shown that between 50% and 70% of adolescents undergoing laparoscopy for pelvic pain unresponsive to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the combined oral contraceptive pill have endometriosis.
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