摘要：ENDOMETRIOSIS IS SUCH A COMPLEX DISEASE, WITH VARIOUS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND MORPHOPATHOLOGICAL PRESENTATIONS, THAT MOST OF THE TIME, THE INTRAOPERATORY FINDINGS DON’T MATCH THE PATIENT’S SYMPTOMATOLOGY. IN THAT REGARD, FOR MANY YEARS, GYNECOLOGISTS AROUND THE WORLD STRUGGELED TO CONCEIVE MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATION AND STAGING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO CONSIDERATE AND TO INCLUDE ALL THE ASPECTS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS FROM QUALITY OF LIFE, PAIN, INFERTILITY, TO BETTER RESEARCH APPLICATIONS AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE.
