Priority 25 from the Endometriosis PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Why does endometriosis and/or symptoms recur after treatment, and how likely and/or quickly is it that endometriosis recurs after different treatments (medical treatment; surgical removal disease; hysterectomy)? (JLA PSP Priority 25)
Overall ranking	25
JLA question ID	0051/25
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	No details yet available of evidence considered by this PSP
Health Research Classification System category	Reproductive health and childbirth

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	After having a full hysterectomy is it possible for endometriosis to come back. I have pain occasionally where my ovary would be and thought it may be scar tissue but now wonder if it is endometriosis again ~ Will the Endometriosis come back after ablation? ~ why can endometriosis continue to grow even after a full hysterectomy? ~ After having endometriosis treated through laparoscopy, how quickly can it return?
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Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

After having a full hysterectomy is it possible for endometriosis to come back. I have pain occasionally where my ovary would be and thought it may be scar tissue but now wonder if it is endometriosis again ~ Will the Endometriosis come back after ablation? ~ why can endometriosis continue to grow even after a full hysterectomy? ~ After having endometriosis treated through laparoscopy, how quickly can it return?

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PSP information
PSP unique ID	0051
PSP name	Endometriosis
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	72 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	25 April 2017