"Better late than never but never late is better", especially in young women. A multicenter Italian study on diagnostic delay for symptomatic endometriosis.
Ida PinoGaia Maria BelloniValeria BarberaEugenio SolimaDavide RadiceStefano AngioniSaverio ArenaValentino BergaminiMassimo CandianiAntonio MaioranaAlberto MatteiLudovico MuziiLuca PagliardiniMaria Grazia PorporaValentino RemorgidaRenato SeracchioliPaolo VercelliniFulvio ZulloErrico ZupiMichele Vignalinull nullPublished in: The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception (2022)
The mean diagnostic delay of endometriosis in Italy is about 11 years. The delay can be up to 4 years longer in patients with pain symptoms onset under 20 years. Educating clinicians and patients on pathologic nature of endometriosis related pelvic pain is advisable to reduce waiting time to diagnosis, especially for young women.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- end stage renal disease
- pain management
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- neuropathic pain
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- palliative care
- rectal cancer
- clinical trial
- spinal cord injury
- locally advanced
- patient reported outcomes
- radiation therapy
- spinal cord
- lymph node
- patient reported