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Article History

Received: 27 June 2025

Accepted: 15 September 2025

First Online: 17 October 2025

Declarations

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: PD Dr. Burghaus has received honoraria for lectures, presentations, and educational events from the Forum für medizinische Fortbildung (FomF GmbH) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Endometriose. She has received payment for expert testimony related to the certification of endometriosis centers by EuroEndoCert. She serves as Treasurer of both the Working Group Endometriosis and the Endometriosis Research Foundation. She is also a member of several professional societies, including the DGGG, AGO, AGUB, DKG, and EEL. In addition, she is the coordinator of the Clinical and Scientific Endometriosis Center. Prof. Fasching has received research grants or contracts from Biontech, Cepheid, and Pfizer, with payments made to his institution. He has received personal consulting fees and honoraria for lectures, presentations, and educational events from Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Daiichi-Sankyo, AstraZeneca, Lilly, Eisai, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pierre Fabre, SeaGen, Agendia, Sanofi Aventis, Gilead, and Mylan. He has also participated in advisory boards or data safety monitoring boards for the same companies. Dr. Lotz has received personal honoraria for manuscript writing for the journal Hebamme (Thieme Verlag) on the topic of “polycystic ovary syndrome”. All other authors report no conflicts of interest.

: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was granted by the medical faculty’s ethics committee.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.