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Rationale for Combined Medical and Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis

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Endometriosis

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Three modes of therapy are available for conservative management of endometriosis: surgery, medical suppression, and a combination of surgery and medical suppression. The mode chosen generally depends on symptoms (for example infertility, dysmenorrhea, dys-pareunia) and severity of the disease. Laparoscopic surgery is currently the primary conservative approach to the treatment of all cases of minimal, most cases of mild, and many cases of moderate or severe endometriosis (AFS-r Classification of Endometriosis). However, I believe many endometriosis patients need combined medical and surgical treatment.

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  1. Veasy C. Buttram Jr.
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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, 31207, USA

    Camran R. Nezhat M.D. , Farr R. Nezhat M.D.  & Ceana H. Nezhat M.D. ,  & 

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Camran R. Nezhat M.D. , Farr R. Nezhat M.D.  & Ceana H. Nezhat M.D. ,  & 

  3. Center for Special Pelvic Surgery, Atlanta, GA, 30342, USA

    Camran R. Nezhat M.D. , Farr R. Nezhat M.D.  & Ceana H. Nezhat M.D. ,  & 

  4. Center for Special Pelvic Surgery, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

    Camran R. Nezhat M.D. , Farr R. Nezhat M.D.  & Ceana H. Nezhat M.D. ,  & 

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA

    Gary S. Berger M.D.

  6. Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA

    Gary S. Berger M.D.

  7. Chapel Hill Fertility Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA

    Gary S. Berger M.D.

  8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77054, USA

    Veasy C. Buttram Jr. M.D.

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Buttram, V.C. (1995). Rationale for Combined Medical and Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis. In: Nezhat, C.R., Berger, G.S., Nezhat, F.R., Buttram, V.C., Nezhat, C.H. (eds) Endometriosis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8404-5_24

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