Dysmenorrhea across the lifespan: a biopsychosocial perspective to understanding the dysmenorrhea trajectory and association with comorbid pain experiences

MM Gagnon, D Moussaoui, JL Gordon, NM Alberts… - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Dysmenorrhea affects 45% to 93% of individuals who menstruate (Although women and
girls are those most affected by this condition, we recognize that dysmenorrhea can impact …

The association between childhood adversity and risk of dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and dyspareunia in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review

D Moussaoui, SR Grover - Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been associated with poor
health outcomes, including chronic pain. However, little is known about the potential impact …

Endometriosis–a painful disease

L Coxon, E Evans, K Vincent - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Following growth in other areas of chronic pain, there have been significant advances in our
understanding of endometriosis-associated pain. However, there remains lots to explore …

An artificial intelligence approach for investigating multifactorial pain-related features of endometriosis

AC Kiser, KC Schliep, EJ Hernandez, CM Peterson… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Endometriosis is a debilitating, chronic disease that is estimated to affect 11% of
reproductive-age women. Diagnosis of endometriosis is difficult with diagnostic delays of up …

[HTML][HTML] Short review on adverse childhood experiences, pelvic pain and endometriosis

D Moussaoui, K Joseph, SR Grover - Journal of gynecology obstetrics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The exposure to adverse childhood experiences has been associated with the subsequent
development of several chronic health conditions, including pelvic pain. Endometriosis is a …

A preoperative predictive model for stage IV endometriosis

H Zhao, J Zhang, ZL Bao, J Kong, W Wei… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This was a retrospective study that evaluated a total of 280 patients who underwent surgery
for complete removal of endometriosis to develop and validate the predictive model for stage …

The Holy Grail of endometriosis biomarkers in the diagnostic process–How much would it be worth and what does it look like?

J Kacperczyk-Bartnik… - … and Pelvic Pain …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Previously, the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis involved the performance of
laparoscopic surgery, which allows the visualization and histological examination of the …

Endometriosis and pelvic pain: Time to treat the symptoms not the assumptions?

SR Grover, K Joseph - Australian and New Zealand Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The high incidence and burden of pelvic pain are increasingly recognised in both the
healthcare sector and by the general public. Current approaches to management assume …

Spiders and mushrooms: Reporting bowel endometriosis shape on preoperative MRI to flag surgical complexity

P Youn, S Copson, A Jacques… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Preoperative imaging of patients with endometriosis allows adequate
counselling, referral to appropriate centres of expertise and workforce planning. The …

An accessible, non-invasive tool for endometriosis diagnosis reveals an association between age at symptom onset and endometriosis symptom prevalence

N Samanta, E Schiller, I López-Molini… - … and Pelvic Pain …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To determine what symptom differences are prevalent in patients with differing
ages of endometriosis symptom onset. Material and methods: We obtained clinical and …