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Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2021; 81(04): 422-446
DOI: 10.1055/a-1380-3693
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis. Guideline of the DGGG, SGGG and OEGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/045, August 2020)

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Stefanie Burghaus‡
1   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
,
Sebastian D. Schäfer‡
2   Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
,
Matthias W. Beckmann
1   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
,
Iris Brandes
3   Institut für Epidemiologie, Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
,
Christian Brünahl
4   Institut für Psychosomatische Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
,
Radek Chvatal
5   AKH Znojmo, Znojmo, Czech Republic
,
Jan Drahoňovský
6   UPMD Prag, Prag, Czech Republic
,
Wojciech Dudek
7   Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
,
Andreas D. Ebert
8   Praxis für Frauengesundheit, Gynäkologie & Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Germany
,
Christine Fahlbusch
1   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
,
Tanja Fehm
9   Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
,
Peter Martin Fehr
10   Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
,
Carolin C. Hack
1   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
,
Winfried Häuser
11   Klinik für Innere Medizin 1 (Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Onkologie, Stoffwechsel- und Infektionskrankheiten, Psychosomatik), Klinikum Saarbrücken gGmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany
,
Katharina Hancke
12   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany
,
Volker Heinecke
13   Frauenarztpraxis, Bad Urach, Germany
,
Lars-Christian Horn
14   Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
,
Christian Houbois
15   Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Köln, Köln, Germany
,
Christine Klapp
16   Ärztliche Gesellschaft zur Gesundheitsförderung e. V. Hamburg, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
,
Heike Kramer
17   Ärztliche Gesellschaft zur Gesundheitsförderung e. V. Hamburg, Spardorf, Germany
,
Harald Krentel
18   Klinik für Frauenheilkunde, Geburtshilfe, Gynäkologische Onkologie und Senologie, Ev. Krankenhaus BETHESDA, Duisburg, Germany
,
Jan Langrehr
19   Allgemein-, Gefäß- und Viszeralchirurgie, Martin Luther Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
,
Heike Matuschewski
20   Endometriose-Vereinigung Deutschland e. V., Leipzig, Germany
,
Ines Mayer
21   EVA – Endometriose Vereinigung Austria e. V., Wien, Austria
,
Sylvia Mechsner
22   Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
,
Andreas Müller
23   Frauenklinik, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Armelle Müller
21   EVA – Endometriose Vereinigung Austria e. V., Wien, Austria
,
Michael Müller
24   Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Universitätsspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
,
Peter Oppelt
25   Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologische Endokrinologie, Kepler Universitätsklinikum, Linz, Austria
,
Thomas Papathemelis
26   Klinik für Frauenheilkunde, Klinikum St. Marien Amberg, Amberg, Germany
,
Stefan P. Renner
27   Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Kliniken Böblingen, Böblingen, Germany
,
Dietmar Schmidt
28   MVZ für Histologie, Zytologie und molekulare Diagnostik, Trier, Germany
,
Andreas Schüring
29   MVZ KITZ Regensburg GmbH, Regensburg, Germany
,
Karl-Werner Schweppe
30   Vorstand der Stiftung Endometriose-Forschung, Westerstede, Germany
,
Beata Seeber
31   Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologische Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin, Department Frauenheilkunde, Innsbruck, Austria
,
Friederike Siedentopf
32   Praxis für Brusterkrankungen, goMedus Gesundheitszentrum, Berlin, Germany
,
Horia Sirbu
7   Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
,
Daniela Soeffge
20   Endometriose-Vereinigung Deutschland e. V., Leipzig, Germany
,
Kerstin Weidner
33   Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
,
Isabella Zraik
34   Urologie, KEM | Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
,
Uwe Andreas Ulrich
35   Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Martin Luther Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

Aims The aim of this official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG) and the Swiss Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SGGG) was to provide consensus-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis based on an evaluation of the relevant literature.

Methods This S2k guideline represents the structured consensus of a representative panel of experts with different professional backgrounds commissioned by the Guideline Committee of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG.

Recommendations Recommendations on the epidemiology, aetiology, classification, symptomatology, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis are given and special situations are discussed.

Key words

endometriosis - diagnosis - treatment - pelvic pain - guideline


Publication History

Received: 26 January 2021
Received: 30 January 2021

Accepted: 01 February 2021

Article published online:
14 April 2021

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