Functional Outcomes After Nerve Sparing Surgery for Deep Endometriosis

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endometriosis

Treatments: Other: Validated questionnaires

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03353935

630

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients who underwent surgery for deep endometriosis were submitted to procedures aiming at sparing the pelvic autonomic nervous system. They were observed prospectively followed and interviewed in order to evaluate functional outcomes after surgery.

Full description

Surgical tretament for deep endometriosis can produce lesions at the level of the pelvic autonomic system.

Before surgery and 3-12 months after the nerve-sparing surgical procedures, patients were assessed for urinary, sexual and fecal function, in order to evaluate whether sparing of the nerves during the intervention had a beneficial impact on post-operative pelvic function.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Deep endometriosis
• Surgical treatment
• Single surgeon

Exclusion criteria

• Lost to follow-up
• unwillingness to answer the interview

Trial design

36 participants in 1 patient group

NERVE SPARING

Description:

Patients who underwent surgery for deep endometriosis were submitted to surgical procedures aiming at sparing the pelvic ortho- and parasympathetic nerves. The subjects were then followed with interviews using validated questionnaires, to assess the possible changes in post-operative urinary sexual and fecal function.

Treatment:

Other: Validated questionnaires