Background Endometriosis, the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is a
common clinical entity between women of reproductive age, with a prevalence of about …

Objective To estimate the disease burden of the most important complications of
postoperative abdominal adhesions: small bowel obstruction, difficulties at reoperation …

STUDY QUESTION What is the optimal management of women with endometriosis based
on the best available evidence in the literature? SUMMARY ANSWER Using the structured …

BACKGROUND Deep endometriosis invading the bowel constitutes a major challenge for
the gynecologist. In addition to the greater impact on pain, the high incidence of surgical …

Post-operative adhesions affect patients undergoing all types of surgeries. They are
associated with serious complications, including higher risk of morbidity and mortality. Given …

Background This overview reports on interventions for pain relief and for subfertility in pre‐
menopausal women with clinically diagnosed endometriosis. Objectives The objective of …

Background Formation of adhesions after peritoneal surgery results in high morbidity.
Barriers to prevent adhesion are seldom applied, despite their ability to reduce the severity …

Abstract Background In 2013 Guidelines on diagnosis and management of ASBO have
been revised and updated by the WSES Working Group on ASBO to develop current …

Abdominal adhesions are associated with increased postoperative complications, cost and
workload. We performed a systematic review with statistical pooling to estimate the formation …

Background Intra-abdominal adhesions arise after more than 50% of all abdominal
operations and are an important source of postoperative complications. They attach …