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.

Prognostic Factors for the Failure of Endometrial Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To provide an overview of prognostic factors predicting failure of second-generation endometrial ablation.

Data Sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched from 1988 until February 2019.