Dulce Carolina Rodríguez-Lozano, María Del Pilar Meza-Rodríguez, Olivier Paul Cruz-Orozco, Brenda Sánchez-Ramírez, Andrea Olguin-Ortega, José Roberto Silvestri-Tomassoni, Guillermo Corona-Barsse, Luis Fernando Escobar-Ponce, Juan Mario Solis-Paredes, Benjamín Dominguez-Trejo, Ignacio Camacho-Arroyo
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a pathophysiological condition characterized by glands and stroma outside the uterus in regions such as the bladder, ureter, fallopian tubes, peritoneum, ovaries, and even in extra pelvic sites. One of the main clinical problems of endometriosis is chronic pelvic pain (CPP), which considerably affects the patients' quality of life. Patients with endometriosis may, cyclically or non-cyclically (80% of cases) experience CPP. High levels of anxiety and depression have been described in patients with endometriosis related to CPP; however, this has not been evaluated in endometriosis women with different types of CPP...
December 17, 2022: BMC Women's Health