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( Kvaskoff et al. 2015 , Soliman et al. 2017 , Zullo et al. 2017 ). Endometriosis treatment care models remain suboptimal. Many patients express ongoing pain and reduced quality of life even with access to tertiary-care centers ( De Graaff et al
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variable and dependent on the tissue on which it grows. Hallmark features of endometriosis include pelvic pain and infertility; however, some people with endometriosis remain asymptomatic. Endometriosis is a disease whose impact on the health care system
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effects on patients’ quality of life and fertility. Diagnosis is unfortunately often delayed, with an average delay of approximately 7 years, which can be detrimental to the early treatment of endometriosis to reduce pain and stresses on mental and
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justified and whether a negative diagnostic laparoscopy is useful. In this article, we will argue that diagnostic laparoscopy is safe, irreplaceable and a valuable part of the care of women and individuals assigned females at birth with chronic pelvic pain
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). Regardless of the treatment in consideration, a healthy therapeutic alliance is required to have open discussions that help identify attitudes toward treatment options and provide appropriately tailored care with a higher chance of success. Building
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ethnic disparities remain across different areas of pain care (acute, postoperative, chronic, cancer, palliative pain), with minorities receiving lesser quality pain care than non-Hispanic white patients ( Anderson et al. 2009 ). These encounters may be
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. Self-management strategies are defined as skills that are used by an individual to control various aspects of life, including pain and other symptoms of diseases. Women with endometriosis often use different self-management strategies such as self-care
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other specialists, delayed or cancelled surgical procedures and fertility treatments and difficulties accessing medication ( Yalçın Bahat et al. 2020 , Demetriou et al. 2021 ). Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those with
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did not show genome-wide significance for any SNPs associated with endometriosis-related infertility although they recorded three SNPs at or near genes implicated in female fertility in model organisms. To identify loci for age at menarche, a meta
