Abdominal wall endometriosis in Ukraine: A multicenter study
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UKRAINIAN CENTER OF MATERNITY AND CHILDHOOD OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE, KYIV, UKRAINE
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THE ZARIFA ALIYEVA INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, KYIV, UKRAINE
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ODESA NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ODESA, UKRAINE
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NATIONAL PIROGOV MEMORIAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE
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KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
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MEDICAL CENTRE “ASHERA”, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
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SHUPYK NATIONAL HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE, KYIV, UKRAINE
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LVIV MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LVIV, UKRAINE
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CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE STATE INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE CENTER OF INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, KYIV, UKRAINE
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY “KHARKIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE”, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTOLOGY, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
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ANDREI KRUPYNSKYI LVIV MEDICAL ACADEMY, LVIV, UKRAINE
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BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, KYIV, UKRAINE
Publication date: 2025-12-30
Wiadomości Lekarskie 2025;(12):2557-2564
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To estimate the incidence of abdominal walls endometriosis in Ukraine and review the clinical findings, imaging results, and histopathology of patients
who have had cesarean scar endometriosis.
Materials and Methods: We performed multicentre retrospective cohort study from January 2020 to December 2024. The study involved 27 hospitals from 10
regions of Ukraine and included 9,157 reproductive women who had a painful mass in their previous abdominal surgery scar area. Definitions of endometriosis
were adapted from the WHO.
Results: Among 9,157 patients, 387 (4.2%) abdominal walls endometriosis (AWE) were observed.
Of all cases 82.2% women had cesarean scar endometriosis and 17.8% had scar endometriosis related to gynecologic surgical procedure. The incidence of AWE
associated with history of cesarean section, gynecological abdominal hysterectomy and laparoscopic procedures was 6.3%, 2.3%, and 1.2%, respectively. The
main symptoms of scar endometriosis were palpable abdominal mass (100%) and cyclic pain (86.8%). The latency period between cesarean section procedure
and of cesarean scar endometriosis (CSE) symptom onset was 31.8 ± 23.6 months. The duration between the onset of symptoms of CSE and this surgery was
28.7 ± 25.4 months. The diagnosis of CSE was made through a histopathological examination.
Conclusions: In Ukraine abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE), is a relatively uncommon entity that usually develops at the site of a surgical scar that occurs
after obstetric or gynecologic surgeries. In our study the most frequently of all AWE cases was cesarean scar endometriosis.