Endometriosis Video Perspectives

In this video, Emily S. Barrows, MD, OB-GYN at VCU Health and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University, discusses:

• noninvasive methods to diagnose endometriosis;
• managing patient expectations prior to testing, and advice for general practitioners;
• decreased quality of life as a long-term effect of undiagnosed endometriosis;
• treating endometriosis in a “stepwise fashion”;
• how health equity and bias effects a timely diagnosis for patients; and
• associated comorbidities in pregnancy, including preeclampsia, hemorrhage at the time of birth and miscarriage.