Impact of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis on the Cure of Endometriosis and Pain

Table 1

Distribution of patients to EEC stages before ( = 0.105) and after therapy ( = 0.010).

Therapy methods	EEC stage
	EEC 0	CI	EEC I	CI	EEC II	CI	EEC III	CI
Group 1, hormonal ()
Before therapy	0	—	50 (40%)	31.3–49.1	47 (38%)	29.1–46.7	28 (22%)	15.4–30.7
After therapy	62 (50%)	40.5–58.7	40 (32%)	23.9–40.9	16 (13%)	7.4–20.0	7 (5%)	2.3–11.2
Group 2, surgical ()
Before therapy	0	—	69 (50%)	41.7–59.0	44 (32%)	24.4–40.6	24 (18%)	11.5–24.9
After therapy	75 (55%)	46.0–63.3	20 (13%)	9.2–21.6	30 (23%)	15.3–29.8	12 (9%)	4.6–14.8
Group 3, combined ()
Before therapy	0	—	79 (53%)	45.0–61.1	36 (24%)	17.7–32.1	33 (23%)	15.9–29.9
After therapy	89 (60%)	51.3–68.1	26 (18%)	11.8–24.7	25 (17%)	11.2–23.9	8 (5%)	2.4–10.4

CI: confidence interval.