ESHRE Guidelines: Management of Women with Endometriosis

This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of women with suspected endometriosis as well as with endometriosis diagnosed by laparoscopy/laparotomy and/or histology. This clinical guideline provides recommendations on the diagnostic approach for endometriosis, including information on symptoms predictive of endometriosis and the utility of medical technologies and clinical examination for diagnosis. Treatments for endometriosis, such as medical treatment, non-pharmacological treatment as well as surgery, are discussed for both relief of painful symptoms and for infertility due to endometriosis. The effectiveness of medically assisted reproduction for endometriosis-associated infertility is discussed, as are therapies (medical treatment and surgery) adjunct to medically assisted reproduction.