Endometriosis
A chronic inflammatory condition in which endometrial-like tissue is found outside the uterine cavity, most commonly on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic peritoneum, and rectovaginal septum. Affects approximately 1 in 10 women of reproductive age. RRM's preferred treatment is laparoscopic excision surgery, which demonstrates significantly greater improvement across all symptom domains (28 to 46% improvement range) compared to ablation, which failed to improve most symptoms and worsened quality of life in multiple measures. A key RRM principle is that hormonal suppression post-surgery (e.g., oral contraceptive pills) masks ongoing disease activity without treating the condition.2827
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