Endometriosis Clinic

Endometriosis is a common disease affecting 10% of women in our country.

It mainly affects patients of childbearing age and is unfortunately often underestimated and not diagnosed in time. Endometriosis can affect female organs such as the uterus, vagina, ovaries and peritoneum. But it also affects adjacent organs such as the intestines and ureters. It sometimes causes chronic pain, and the causes are as diverse as they are not fully understood.

This is why we need to treat our patients suffering from endometriosis in a multidisciplinary way, offering them an appropriate care pathway. Hence the need to set up an endometriosis clinic comprising gynaecological surgeons, a urologist, an abdominal surgeon, radiologists, dieticians, a psychologist and algologists.

Here is the list of professionals working at our endometriosis clinic: Drs Frédéric Grandjean, Marc Waterkeyn, Nicolas Delbar, Charlotte Bentin, Frédérique Pire, Inge Vanderheyden and Nele Grauwen, Gynaecologists; Dr Thibaut Saussez, Urologist; Dr Valérie Cavenaille, Abdominal Surgeon ; Dr Valérie Cassetto, Radiologist; dieticians Alison Coekaerts (Ste-Elisabeth site) and Marie-Caroline Mikolajczak (St-Michel site); Dr Zuzana Javorcikova, Algologist and Eloïse Vanderstraeten, Psychologist.

For Dr Frédéric GRANDJEAN, Head of Gynaecology at the Europe Hospitals, this condition should not be taken lightly. "It causes pain during menstruation, sexual intercourse or bowel movements, and makes it difficult to get pregnant. If endometrial deposits implant themselves in the peritoneum and ovaries, fertility is affected. Unfortunately, endometriosis is often not diagnosed immediately. Intense pain during menstruation is not normal and endometriosis should be investigated. For too many patients, the pain is trivialised. "

"At the Europe Hospitals, we have just set up an endometriosis clinic to provide multidisciplinary care for this condition. Urologists, abdominal surgeons, dieticians, algologists, radiologists and psychologists join gynaecologists in treating this disease. As a priority, these patients can be referred to gynaecology for clarification, and multidisciplinary treatment will follow."