Endometriosis and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Clinical Advice and Future Considerations

Mathew Leonardi; Andrew W. Horne; Mike Armour; Stacey A. Missmer; Horace Roman; Luk Rombauts; Lone Hummelshoj; Arnaud Wattiez; George Condous; Neil P. Johnson

doi:10.3389/frph.2020.00005

Endometriosis and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Clinical Advice and Future Considerations

Mathew Leonardi, Andrew W. Horne, Mike Armour, Stacey A. Missmer, Horace Roman, Luk Rombauts, Lone Hummelshoj, Arnaud Wattiez, George Condous, Neil P. Johnson

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic shift in the clinical practice of women's health and routine care for endometriosis has been severely disrupted. Endometriosis is defined as an inflammatory disease characterized by lesions of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus that is associated with pelvic pain and/or infertility. It affects ~10% of reproductive age women worldwide, is diagnosed by surgical visualization or by radiological imaging, and is managed with hormone treatments or by laparoscopic removal of lesions ...

Original language	English
Article number	5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2020.00005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

assisted reproductive technology
coronavirus
COVID-19
endometriosis
infertility
laparoscopic surgery
pelvic pain
recommendations

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