Jörg Keckstein, Ertan Saridogan, Uwe A Ulrich, Martin Sillem, Peter Oppelt, Karl W Schweppe, Harald Krentel, Elisabeth Janschek, Caterina Exacoustos, Mario Malzoni, Michael Mueller, Horace Roman, George Condous, Axel Forman, Frank W Jansen, Attila Bokor, Voicu Simedrea, Gernot Hudelist
Advances in preoperative diagnostics as well as in surgical techniques for the treatment of endometriosis, especially for deep endometriosis, call for a classification system, that includes all aspects of the disease such as peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriosis, deep endometriosis, and secondary adhesions. The widely accepted revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine classification (rASRM) has certain limitations because of its incomplete description of deep endometriosis. In contrast, the Enzian classification, which has been implemented in the last decade, has proved to be the most suitable tool for staging deep endometriosis, but does not include peritoneal or ovarian disease or adhesions...
July 2021: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica