Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) can affect importantly patients' quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the laparoscopic management of DIE on QOL after six months from treatment.</p>...
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| author | Mabrouk Mohamed Montanari Giulia Guerrini Manuela Villa Gioia Solfrini Serena Vicenzi Claudia Mignemi Giuseppe Zannoni Letizia Frasca Clarissa Di Donato Nadine Facchini Chiara Del Forno Simona Geraci Elisa Ferrini Giulia Raimondo Diego Alvisi Stefania Seracchioli Renato |
| author_facet | Mabrouk Mohamed Montanari Giulia Guerrini Manuela Villa Gioia Solfrini Serena Vicenzi Claudia Mignemi Giuseppe Zannoni Letizia Frasca Clarissa Di Donato Nadine Facchini Chiara Del Forno Simona Geraci Elisa Ferrini Giulia Raimondo Diego Alvisi Stefania Seracchioli Renato |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) can affect importantly patients' quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the laparoscopic management of DIE on QOL after six months from treatment.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>It is a prospective cohort study. In a tertiary care university hospital, between April 2008 and December 2009, 100 patients underwent laparoscopic management of DIE and completed preoperatively and 6-months postoperatively a QOL questionnaire, the short form 36 (SF-36).</p> <p>Quality of life was measured through the SF-36 scores. Intra-operative details of disease site, number of lesions, type of intervention, period of hospital stay and peri-operative complications were noted.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Six months postoperatively all the women had a significant improvement in every scale of the SF-36 (p < 0,0005). Among patients with intestinal DIE, significant differences in postoperative scores of SF-36 were not detected between patients submitted to nodule shaving and segmental resection (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in the SF-36 scores at 6 months from surgery between patients who received postoperative medical treatment and patients who did not (p > 0.05).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Laparoscopic excision of DIE lesions significantly improves general health and psycho-emotional status at six months from surgery without differences between patients submitted to intestinal segmental resection or intestinal nodule shaving.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ccf83e1bdd074a2c952e936d6af396992022-12-22T01:22:25ZengBMCHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes1477-75252011-11-01919810.1186/1477-7525-9-98Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective studyMabrouk MohamedMontanari GiuliaGuerrini ManuelaVilla GioiaSolfrini SerenaVicenzi ClaudiaMignemi GiuseppeZannoni LetiziaFrasca ClarissaDi Donato NadineFacchini ChiaraDel Forno SimonaGeraci ElisaFerrini GiuliaRaimondo DiegoAlvisi StefaniaSeracchioli Renato<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) can affect importantly patients' quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the laparoscopic management of DIE on QOL after six months from treatment.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>It is a prospective cohort study. In a tertiary care university hospital, between April 2008 and December 2009, 100 patients underwent laparoscopic management of DIE and completed preoperatively and 6-months postoperatively a QOL questionnaire, the short form 36 (SF-36).</p> <p>Quality of life was measured through the SF-36 scores. Intra-operative details of disease site, number of lesions, type of intervention, period of hospital stay and peri-operative complications were noted.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Six months postoperatively all the women had a significant improvement in every scale of the SF-36 (p < 0,0005). Among patients with intestinal DIE, significant differences in postoperative scores of SF-36 were not detected between patients submitted to nodule shaving and segmental resection (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in the SF-36 scores at 6 months from surgery between patients who received postoperative medical treatment and patients who did not (p > 0.05).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Laparoscopic excision of DIE lesions significantly improves general health and psycho-emotional status at six months from surgery without differences between patients submitted to intestinal segmental resection or intestinal nodule shaving.</p>http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/98 |
| spellingShingle | Mabrouk Mohamed Montanari Giulia Guerrini Manuela Villa Gioia Solfrini Serena Vicenzi Claudia Mignemi Giuseppe Zannoni Letizia Frasca Clarissa Di Donato Nadine Facchini Chiara Del Forno Simona Geraci Elisa Ferrini Giulia Raimondo Diego Alvisi Stefania Seracchioli Renato Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
| title | Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study |
| title_full | Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study |
| title_fullStr | Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study |
| title_short | Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study |
| title_sort | does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life a prospective study |
| url | http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/98 |
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