Recurrence after surgery for endometrioma: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

Importance: Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease, with different forms of expression and a variety of complaints. An endometrioma, an ovarian cyst with endometrium-like lining, is one of the most common expressions of abdominal endometriosis. These endometriomas can, in addition to medical treatment, be treated surgically.

A gluten-free diet for endometriosis patients lacks evidence to recommend it.

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic disease characterized by the presence of endometriumlike tissue outside the uterus and is often associated with symptoms, such as dysmenorrhea, dysuria, dyschezia, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility. Moreover, women diagnosed with endometriosis can report gastrointestinal symptoms, including bloating, constipation or diarrhea, and abdominal cramping, which can be associated with irritable bowel syndrome and can result in the misdiagnosis of endometriosis as irritable bowel syndrome at first. Treatment usually involves hormonal therapy, pain management, surgery, and/or assisted reproductive techniques in case of infertility.

Same-day discharge after laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign/premalignant disease: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate whether physical function and quality of life was influenced by discharge on the same-day after a total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Design: Multicentre non-inferiority randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Five teaching hospitals and two university hospitals in the Netherlands.

The (cost-) effectiveness Of Surgical excision of Colorectal endometriosis compared to ART treatment trAjectory (TOSCA study) - a study protocol.

Currently, the optimal treatment to increase the chance of pregnancy and live birth in patients with colorectal endometriosis and subfertility is unknown. Evidence suggests that that both surgery and in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are effective in improving live birth rate (LBR) among these women. However, the available evidence is of low quality, reports highly heterogeneous results, lacks direct comparison between both treatment options and does not assess whether a combination strategy results in a higher LBR compared to IVF/ICSI-only treatment.

Corrigendum: Diet associations in endometriosis: a critical narrative assessment with special reference to gluten.

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis.

Background: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition affecting 6 to 11% of reproductive-age women and may cause dyspareunia, dysmenorrhoea, and infertility. One treatment strategy is medical therapy with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHas) to reduce pain due to endometriosis. One of the adverse effects of GnRHas is a decreased bone mineral density.

Spontaneous haemoperitoneum in pregnancy: Nationwide surveillance and Delphi audit system.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence, diagnostic management strategies and clinical outcomes of women with spontaneous haemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHiP) and reassess the definition of SHiP.

Design: A population-based cohort study using the Netherlands Obstetric Surveillance System (NethOSS).

Setting: Nationwide, the Netherlands.

The Relation between Patient-Centered Care and Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the hypothesis that experiences with patient-centered endometriosis care are related to the endometriosis-specific quality of life dimensions "emotional well-being" and "social support."

Design: A secondary regression analysis of two cross-sectional studies was conducted. Participants/Materials: In total, data from 300 women were eligible for analysis.

Hysterectomy and sexual function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Sexual function after hysterectomy can be a concern for patients, and research remains inconclusive about changes in sexual function associated with hysterectomy.

Aim: We meta-analyzed studies on change in sexual function from pre- to posthysterectomy and the role of total vs subtotal hysterectomy and concomitant bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) in differences in such change.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases from inception to January 2022.

The effect of an informative 360-degree virtual reality video on anxiety for women visiting the one-stop clinic for abnormal uterine bleeding: A randomized controlled trial (VISION-trial).

Objective: To evaluate the effect of an informative 360-degree virtual reality (VR) video on preoperative anxiety before visiting a one-stop clinic for abnormal uterine bleeding.

Study Design: A randomized controlled trial was performed in a teaching hospital in the Netherlands. A total of 83 women scheduled for a first consultation at the one-stop clinic between April 2017 and September 2017 were included in the analysis.

Treatment preferences for medication or surgery in patients with deep endometriosis and bowel involvement - a discrete choice experiment.

Objective: To study the preferences of women with deep endometriosis (DE) with bowel involvement when they have to choose between conservative (medication) or surgical treatment.

Design: Labelled discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Setting: Dutch academic and non-academic hospitals and online recruitment.

Improving Patient-Centredness in Endometriosis Care: A Study Protocol for a Prospective Study with a Mixed-Methods Approach.

Objective: Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecologic disease, causing pain and infertility. As there is no definitive cure, patients are subjected to long-term care. This study aimed to improve patient-centred endometriosis care.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infertility patients and endometriosis patients in the Netherlands.

Research Question: How do infertility patients, endometriosis patients and health-care providers rate virtual care as an alternative to physical consultations during the first lockdown of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Netherlands, and how does this influence quality of life and quality of care?

Design: Infertility patients and endometriosis patients from a university hospital and members of national patient organizations, as well as healthcare providers in infertility and endometriosis care, were asked to participate between May and October 2020. The distributed online questionnaires consisted of an appraisal of virtual care and an assessment of fertility-related quality of life (FertiQol) and patient-centredness of endometriosis care (ENDOCARE).

Results: Questionnaires were returned by 330 infertility patients, 181 endometriosis patients and 101 healthcare providers.

Bowel function and quality of life following surgery for deep endometriosis.

Objective: To assess the influence of surgical approach, complications and patient characteristics and their postoperative functional outcomes on (sexual) quality of life (QoL) in patients with deep endometriosis (DE) with bowel involvement.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study on patients surgically treated for DE in a Dutch tertiary referral hospital. Data are based on surgical records and questionnaires covering current postoperative bowel function and (sexual) QoL.

Comparing the cumulative live birth rate of cleavage-stage versus blastocyst-stage embryo transfers between IVF cycles: a study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled superiority trial (the ToF trial).

Introduction: In vitro fertilisation (IVF) has evolved as an intervention of choice to help couples with infertility to conceive. In the last decade, a strategy change in the day of embryo transfer has been developed. Many IVF centres choose nowadays to transfer at later stages of embryo development, for example, transferring embryos at blastocyst stage instead of cleavage stage.

Crossroad decisions in deep endometriosis treatment options: a qualitative study among patients.

Objective: To study the experiences, considerations, and motivations of patients with endometriosis in the decision-making process for deep endometriosis (DE) treatment options.

Design: Qualitative study using semi-structured in-depth focus group methodology.

Setting: University medical center.

Endometriosis and Sexual Quality of Life.

Introduction: Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease with a high disease burden and significant, multifaceted impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and sexual quality of life (SQoL).

Aim: To explore which patient- and disease-specific characteristics were independently associated with SQoL.

Methods: A literature search was carried out to identify characteristics with an evidence-based or hypothesized effect on SQoL.

Immediate catheter removal after laparoscopic hysterectomy: A retrospective analysis.

Objectives: All patients undergoing a laparoscopic hysterectomy receive an indwelling catheter during surgery. The optimum timing of removal of the catheter is uncertain. A possible advantage of leaving the catheter in up to 12 h after surgery is to reduce the risk of urinary retention.

Hysterectomy and sexual (dys)function: An analysis of sexual dysfunction after hysterectomy and a search for predictive factors.

Objectives: Research about sexual function after hysterectomy is inconclusive. Possible predictive factors for sexual (dys)function are yet to be identified. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of hysterectomy on sexual function in women 3 and 12 months after hysterectomy for benign indications.

Productivity loss due to menstruation-related symptoms: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among 32 748 women.

Objective: To evaluate age-dependent productivity loss caused by menstruation-related symptoms, measured in absenteeism (time away from work or school) and presenteeism (productivity loss while present at work or school).

Methods: Design/setting: internet-based, cross-sectional survey conducted in the Netherlands from July to October 2017.

Participants: 32 748 women aged 15-45 years, recruited through social media.

External validation of a prediction model to select the best day-three embryo for transfer in in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmatic sperm injection procedures.

Objective: To evaluate the multivariate embryo selection model by van Loendersloot et al. (2014) (VL) in a different geographical context.

Design: This is a retrospective external validation study of a 5-year cohort of women undergoing in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmatic sperm injection.

Recovery 3 and 12 months after hysterectomy: epidemiology and predictors of chronic pain, physical functioning, and global surgical recovery.

Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is 1 important aspect of surgical recovery. To improve perioperative care and postoperative recovery knowledge on predictors of impaired recovery is essential. The aim of this study is to assess predictors and epidemiological data of CPSP, physical functioning (SF-36PF, 0-100), and global surgical recovery (global surgical recovery index, 0-100%) 3 and 12 months after hysterectomy for benign indication.