Conditions

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a female disease in which the tissues of menstruation causing inflammation are found elsewhere in the body outside the uterus. It is associated with monthly menstrual cycles and is characterized…

Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome & Endometriosis of the Diaphragm, Thoracic Endometriosis

Overview Thoracic endometriosis is probably one of the most challenging forms of endometriosis in the extrapelvic location. It can be recognized on the dome of the diaphragm, the lung parenchyma (portion…

What is Adenomyosis? <br />Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

What is Adenomyosis?
Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

OVERVIEW What is Adenomyosis? Adenomyosis is endometriosis strictly in the uterus. It causes the endometrial tissue of the uterus endometrial cavity to grow into the uterus muscle-damaging the uterine…

What are Fibroids: Classification, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

OVERVIEW Fibroids are benign tumors (non-cancerous) that grow from muscle layers of the uterus. They can grow on the outside, inside or within the smooth muscle of the uterine wall. A single fibroid is…

Pelvic Pain Definition, Classification, Causes, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatments

OVERVIEW What is Pelvic Pain? Pelvic pain is pain that originates from the layer of tissue covering organs and their connecting structures in the pelvis, mainly the peritoneum: the membrane lining the…

Frozen Pelvis in Advanced Endometriosis

Overview What is Frozen Pelvis? Frozen Pelvis is the most extensive form of advanced endometriosis, encompassing the most ultimate forms of deeply infiltrative endometriosis (DIE). This aggressive disease…

Infertility Definition, Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

OVERVIEW What is Infertility? Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a child. Patients struggling with infertility will be unable to get pregnant, even after having carefully timed unprotected…

Is there a relationship between endometriosis and egg quality?

OVERVIEW Endometriosis is a disease where tissue resembling the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body. The condition affects around 176 million women worldwide [1] and around half of these…

Arcuate Uterus associated with Endometriosis Pain and Infertility

Overview Uterine anomalies play an understated role in the common perception of endometriosis. While they often have been associated with infertility cases, they also can have an effect in the development…

Ovarian Cyst Removal Procedure

Overview It is important to know that in every menstrual cycle the ovaries go through cystic changes. As menstruation progresses in the ovaries, a signal to the brain causes a series of eggs to be selected…

Endometriosis of the Appendix

OVERVIEW What is appendiceal endometriosis? Endometriosis is defined as the growth of tissue resembling the endometrium or the lining of the uterus, outside the uterus. This usually occurs in or around…

Related Conditions

Infertility - Endometriosis is closely linked to infertility. Nearly half of all patients with Endometriosis may experience infertility. Alterations in prostaglandin secretion (a hormone-like enzyme…

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Grace Larsen

After years of excessively painful periods, a serious loss of quality of life, and a series of uninformed and uninterested doctors, Dr. Seckin and Dr. Goldstein turned my life around. I was told I woke up from my surgery almost a year ago with a smile on my face, and I haven't stopped since. Before I heard of Dr. Seckin,…

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Jacqueline Galindo

Dr Seckin and his team gave me back my life! Tomorrow will be 1 month since my surgery and I feel great. Dr. Seckin, Dr Liu, and Dr Goldstein are not only beyond words talented and amazing Doctors, but they are also genuinely wonderful and caring people. I cannot say enough great things about Holly, Asiye and Kim as well.…

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Anna Lu

Dr. Seckin and his staff spared me from years and years of heavy periods and unbearable endometriosis pain. After having surgery with him (my first) I can now function like a regular human. No more eating NSAIDs like candy and calling out sick from work. Thank you, Dr. Seckin!

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Sheena Wright

I underwent surgery with Dr. Seckin in 2017 and have felt like a new woman ever since. If you have, or suspect you have endometriosis, Dr. Seckin and his compassionate team of surgeons and staff are a must-see.

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Angela Aro

I have struggled with endometriosis and adenomyosis since first starting my period at 13. I was diagnosed at 21 and what followed was a series of unsuccessful surgeries and treatments. My case was very aggressive and involved my urinary tract system and my intestines. After exhausting all of my local doctors I was lucky enough to find Dr. Seckin. We…

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Emi O

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Kristin Sands

Like so many women who have tirelessly sought a correct diagnosis and proper, thorough medical treatment for endometriosis, I found myself 26 years into this unwanted journey without clear answers or help from four previous gynecological doctors and two emergency laparoscopic surgeries. I desperately wanted to avoid the ER again; a CT scan for appendicitis also revealed a likely endometrioma…

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