Congress highlights
Highlights from meetings and congresses on endometriosis
FIGO2015: FIGO Fertility Tool Box now available online
The FIGO Fertility Toolbox offers all levels of health care providers a “usable” instrument to address fertility issues. All you need is access to a smart phone!
ESHRE2015: Endometriosis associated with a greater risk of complications in pregnancy
Large cohort study indicates that endometriosis may predispose women to an increased risk of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and later pregnancy complications.
AAGL2014: Endometriosis in focus
Advancing Minimally Invasive Surgery: Drs Advincula, Sinervo, and Allaire give us their take on the latest thinking in surgery for endometriosis.
ACEIII: 3rd Asian Conference on Endometriosis
Better care for women with endometriosis was the theme for 3rd Asian Conference on Endometriosis in South Korea.
WCE2014: 12th World Congress on Endometriosis
WCE2014 was the world congress on endometriosis that put the patient in focus – get the highlights here!
WCE2014: Let us go for the roots of endometriosis
Professor Ivo Brosens challenges basic questions about endometriosis and encourages everyone to go back to basic research to understand which menstruations disseminate endometrial tissue – and which tissue implants?
ASRM2012: Surgery for endometriosis and endometrioma
The 2012 ASRM had three excellent lectures on surgery for endometriosis and the value of removing endometriomas (versus medical treatment) by Tommaso Falcone, David Adamson, and Paolo Vercellini.
ASRM2012: Central sensitivity syndrome and endometriosis-associated symptoms
Women with chronic pelvic pain related to endometriosis demonstrate many of the clinical features described in central sensitivity syndrome according to Dr Julie Anne Gemmill.
ASRM2012: Endometriosis and risk of coronary heart disease
Research presented at the ASRM’s 68th Annual Meeting suggests that endometriosis is associated with coronary heart disease to the same magnitude as shown for metabolic syndrome.
ASRM2012: Endometriosis at the ASRM
Highlights from presentations on endometriosis from the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in San Diego.
