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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy
Interests: hysteroscopy; laparoscopy; endometriosis; oncology; leiomyomas
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will focus on the latest diagnostic and therapeutic techniques that enable adequate treatment of gynecological pathologies. Technological innovations and new diagnostic techniques allow increasingly precise and faster diagnoses to be performed. Technological and pharmacological developments, combined with the use of minimally invasive surgery (hysteroscopy, laparoscopy and robotic surgery), have also enabled increasingly precise and tailored therapy to be introduced.

This is a new Special Issue that proceeds from the nine papers we published in the first edition. For more details, you can access it here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/R84C99JZAU

Please note that clinical studies not sufficiently addressing the aim of the journal will not be considered.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in JCM.

Dr. Guglielmo Stabile
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Keywords

  • gynecology
  • women's health
  • mini-invasive surgery
  • laparoscopy
  • hysteroscopy
  • diagnostic imaging
  • gynecological oncology
  • endometriosis
  • new therapy
  • urogynecology
  • female healthcare

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Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences of Telemedicine Supporting Outpatient Endometriosis Care: A Qualitative Study of Tele-Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
by Maria M. Feenstra, Anne Sidenius, Charlotte Nielsen and Martin Rudnicki
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2026, 23(5), 671; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23050671 - 19 May 2026
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Background: Telemedicine may advance endometriosis care, but few initiatives are integrated in outpatient follow-up. A novel telemedicine approach—tele-patient-reported outcome measures (telePROM)—includes an endometriosis-specific questionnaire and phone and video consultations combined with text messaging (chat) with a multidisciplinary endometriosis team. This study explores how [...] Read more.
Background: Telemedicine may advance endometriosis care, but few initiatives are integrated in outpatient follow-up. A novel telemedicine approach—tele-patient-reported outcome measures (telePROM)—includes an endometriosis-specific questionnaire and phone and video consultations combined with text messaging (chat) with a multidisciplinary endometriosis team. This study explores how healthcare professionals experience telePROM and its integration in clinical practice. Methods: A qualitative study guided by interpretive description methodology. Data were generated through observations and focus group interviews conducted between January 2023 and March 2024 at a referral centre for endometriosis within a university hospital. A purposive sample of ten healthcare professionals comprising physicians, nurses and a medical secretary participated in the focus group interviews. Inductive analysis was inspired by interpretive description and carried out through an iterative process involving four steps, leading to the development of final themes and interpretation. Results: Three themes were identified from analysis: (1) Balancing Personalised Care With Increased Clinical Complexity; (2) Changing Professional Boundaries in a Digitally Supported Care Model; and (3) System Friction and Flexibility when Integrating TelePROM. Conclusions: Telemedicine improved endometriosis care by supporting patient-initiated and personalised consultations. However, sustainable, effective, and safe integration of telemedicine appears to require clinical experience, interdisciplinary collaboration, and supervision. Text communication (chat) proved to be an important element to ensure collection of additional information to complement patient-reported outcomes and it is essential for patient triage; yet it is rarely described in the literature. Ensuring organisational resilience during the digital transformation of healthcare requires ongoing training of healthcare professionals’ communicative and digital competences and may necessitate restructured technical support, including designated telemedicine experts in clinical practice to eliminate technical disruptions. These initiatives may contribute to and support the future implementation of telemedicine in healthcare. Full article
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