Amy speaks with Kate Boyce about:
—the various endometriosis guidelines worldwide which guide gynecologists in treating endometriosis and set the standard of care
—how they are formed and what data is used
***The focus is on the ACOG guidelines but the ESHRE and Australia guidelines are briefly mentioned for some comparative purposes.
🎤WHO IS KATE BOYCE?🎤
Kate Boyce (she/her) is the co-founder of the Instagram and webpage EndoGirlsBlog, which provides accurate information to people with endometriosis. Kate is a board certified patient advocate and endometriosis patient herself.
🔗RESOURCES🔗
For clickable links to the resources below, go to www.insixteenyears.com/episode95
🔗ESHRE Guideline Endometriosis 2022
🔗RANZCOG Endometriosis clinical practice guideline
🔗Excision of Endometriosis - CEC website
🔗Kalaitzopoulos, D.R., Samartzis, N., Kolovos, G.N. et al. Treatment of endometriosis: a review with comparison of 8 guidelines. BMC Women's Health 21, 397 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01545-5
🔗Ceccaroni M, Clarizia R, Mussi EA, Stepniewska AK, De Mitri P, Ceccarello M, Ruffo G, Bruni F, Rettore L, Surico D. "The Sword in the Stone": radical excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis with bowel shaving-a single-centre experience on 703 consecutive patients. Surg Endosc. 2022 May;36(5):3418-3431. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08663-z. Epub 2021 Jul 26. Erratum in: Surg Endosc. 2021 Oct 12;: PMID: 34312725.
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