Table 118Reduction in VAS score by 5 years after surgery (Healey 2014)

OutcomeExcision group, median (range)Ablation group, median (range)P-Value (Mann-Whitney U test)
Overall pain5.8 (−3.4 to 10.0)5.5 (−0.2 to 10.0)0.46
Pelvic pain6.2 (−2.6 to 9.3)5.9 (−3.9 to 10.0)0.81
Dyspareunia6.0 (0 to 10.0)3.2 (−4.3 to 10.0)0.03

VAS: Visual Analogue Scale

From: 11, Management strategies

Cover of Endometriosis: diagnosis and management
Endometriosis: diagnosis and management.
NICE Guideline, No. 73.
National Guideline Alliance (UK).
© NICE 2017.

NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.