J A Rock1. 1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the reproducibility in staging endometriosis using the revised American Fertility Society (AFS) classification of endometriosis. DESIGN: Visual documentation of laparoscopies of 315 women with endometriosis was scored by the investigators and a blinded reviewer. SETTING: Patients from private practice institutional setting. PARTICIPANTS: Patients who participated in a multicenter trial to study the efficacy and safety of a GnRH agonist (GnRH-a). INTERVENTIONS: Laparascopic visual documentation of the extent of endometriosis before and after 6 months of GnRH-a therapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The reproducibility of the AFS classification system comparing scoring during laparoscopy and by a blinded reviewer. RESULTS: Good to fair agreement scoring endometriosis between the investigator and the blinded reviewer was noted. CONCLUSIONS: Visual documentation may be used to determine the stage of endometriosis using the revised AFS classification guidelines.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the reproducibility in staging endometriosis using the revised American Fertility Society (AFS) classification of endometriosis. DESIGN: Visual documentation of laparoscopies of 315 women with endometriosis was scored by the investigators and a blinded reviewer. SETTING:Patients from private practice institutional setting. PARTICIPANTS: Patients who participated in a multicenter trial to study the efficacy and safety of a GnRH agonist (GnRH-a). INTERVENTIONS: Laparascopic visual documentation of the extent of endometriosis before and after 6 months of GnRH-a therapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The reproducibility of the AFS classification system comparing scoring during laparoscopy and by a blinded reviewer. RESULTS: Good to fair agreement scoring endometriosis between the investigator and the blinded reviewer was noted. CONCLUSIONS: Visual documentation may be used to determine the stage of endometriosis using the revised AFS classification guidelines.
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