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Marana R, Costantini W, Muzii L, et al. Laparoscopic Excision of Ovarian Endometriomas: Does Post-Operative Medical Treatment Prevent Recurrence?. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1994;1(4):S20doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80932-6.
Marana, R., Costantini, W., Muzii, L., Uglietti, A., Caruana, P., & Arnold, M. (1994). Laparoscopic Excision of Ovarian Endometriomas: Does Post-Operative Medical Treatment Prevent Recurrence?. The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, 1(4), S20. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80932-6
Marana, et al. "Laparoscopic Excision of Ovarian Endometriomas: Does Post-Operative Medical Treatment Prevent Recurrence?." The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists vol. 1,4 (1994): S20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80932-6
Marana R, Costantini W, Muzii L, Uglietti A, Caruana P, Arnold M. Laparoscopic Excision of Ovarian Endometriomas: Does Post-Operative Medical Treatment Prevent Recurrence?. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1994 Aug;1(4):S20. doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80932-6. PMID: 9073710.
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J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1994 Aug;1(4):S20. doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80932-6.

Laparoscopic Excision of Ovarian Endometriomas: Does Post-Operative Medical Treatment Prevent Recurrence?.

The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Marana, Costantini, Muzii, Uglietti, Caruana, Arnold

Affiliations

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 9073710 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80932-6

Abstract

Of 103 women undergoing laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas, 41 patients were prescribed to 3 to 6 months therapy with GnRH analogs or danazol postoperatively and 62 received no additional treatment. No significant difference in extent of disease was present between the two groups at the time of surgery. Follow-up longer than 3 months, including a sonogram, was available for 40 patients of the treatment group and for 42 patients of the group receiving no additional treatment. Four recurrences (10%) at 3, 12, 16 and 21 months occurred in the treatment group, and 3 recurrences (7%) at 5, 6 and 6 months occurred in the no-treatment group (p=NS). Postoperative medical treatment does not prevent recurrence of laparoscopically excised ovarian endometriomas.

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