Prevalence of adenomyosis in women undergoing hysterectomy for abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain or uterine prolapse - A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adenomyosis can cause symptoms like dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, pelvic pain and bleeding disorders and is related to subfertility and obstetrical complications. The disease is probably underestimated and underdiagnosed because of difficulties in reliable clinical examination and imaging results. The age-related prevalence of adenomyosis still remains unclear. In this retrospective analysis we describe the rate of adenomyosis in two independent cohorts of patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign diseases (2011-2013 and 2015-2018) and its correlation to presurgical symptoms respectively indications for hysterectomy.

Materials and methods

All surgeries have been performed in the same department of minimally invasive gynecological surgery by a total of two experienc

SUBMITTER: Krentel H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206934 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature