Improvement in Quality of Life and Pain Scores After Laparoscopic Management of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis

Completed

• Conditions: Endometriosis
• Interventions: Other: BSGE pelvic pain questionnaire and VAS scores

• Registration Number: NCT04062916
• Lead Sponsor: Acibadem Fulya Hastanesi

Brief Summary

This is a retrospective cohort study that evaluates the postoperative pain findings of a consecutive series of laparoscopic surgeries for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).

Detailed Description

The study was carried out in university hospitals (Istanbul, Turkey). Patients diagnosed through bimanual gynecologic examination, gynecologic ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging-confirmed endometrioma and DIE together; who underwent a laparoscopic surgery by a team of gynecologists, colorectal surgeons, and a urologist were retrospectively evaluated. The data were collected in a specific database and analyzed for postoperative pain outcomes through a comparison with preoperative symptoms scored using a visual analogue score (VAS), and the British Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy (BSGE) pelvic pain questionnaire.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-05
• Study Completion: 2019-06
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Study First Submitted: 2019-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-08-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-19
• Study First Posted: 2019-08-20
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with deep infiltration endometriosis and endometrioma diagnosed through bimanual gynecologic examination, gynecologic ultrasound or through laparoscopically confirmed endometrioma and DIE together;
• DIE with bowel involvement that required shaving or segmental resection for colorectal lesions and nodules;
• Who completed the VAS score and BSGE questionnaire;
• Follow-up period of at least 3 months;
• Patients resistant to medical therapy (NSAIDs, OCPs, levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (IUD), and progesterone) or refuse to use medical therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

*Any other endometriosis patient that do no meet the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
women with endometriosis	BSGE pelvic pain questionnaire and VAS scores	65 women whose main symptom was pain and who did not respond to medical treatment and underwent endometriosis surgery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain levels after endometriosis surgery	3 years	Effects of endometriosis surgery on pelvic pain by using VAS scores
Quality of Life after endometriosis surgery	7 years	Effects of endometriosis surgery on the quality of life by using BSGE pelvic pain questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Acibadem Fulya Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey