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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment of Bowel Endometriosis

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Surgical treatment of Deep infiltrating endometriosis includes conservative or radical approaches. Conservative approach employs either shaving or disc excision, while radical approach is based on segmental colorectal resection. Long-term outcomes following either technique are comparable in regards to organ function, pain, and recurrence rates. Surgical treatment is efficient, and the improvement in quality of life seems significant and long lasting. Surgical treatment achieves clinical improvement and conception, the majority of which may be spontaneous.

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  1. Department of Gynecology, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain

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  2. Endometriosis Center, Clinique Tivoli-Ducos, Bordeaux, France

    Benjamin Merlot, Isabella Chanavaz-Lacheray, Myriam Noailles, Damien Forestier & Horace Roman

  3. Aarhus Medical University, Aarhus, Denmark

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Darwish, B., Merlot, B., Chanavaz-Lacheray, I., Noailles, M., Forestier, D., Roman, H. (2020). Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment of Bowel Endometriosis. In: Ferrero, S., Ceccaroni, M. (eds) Clinical Management of Bowel Endometriosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50446-5_15

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