User:DanJosephJ/sandbox

Change 1

We propose removing: “One estimate is that 10.8 million people are affected globally as of 2015. Other sources estimate about 6-10% of women are affected.”

We propose adding: “Establishing a prevalence for endometriosis has been made challenging because definitive diagnosis requires surgical visualization of the affected area. Criteria that are commonly used to establish a diagnosis include pelvic pain, infertility, surgical assessment, and in some cases, magnetic resonance imaging. Altogether, these studies suggest that endometriosis affects approximately 11% of women in the general population. ”

Change 2

We propose adding: “The rate of recurrence of endometriosis is estimated to be 40-50% for adults over a 5-year period. The rate of recurrence has been shown to increase with time from surgery and is not associated with the stage of the disease, initial site, surgical method used, or post-surgical treatment. ”

Comments
Thanks for posting your proposed changes. Please make sure that your citations are consistently placed in the text. They go immediately after the punctuation like this.1 Remember that you are writing for a non-medical audience. You can try to dub it down as much as possible. You could replace "determining a prevalence" with "Determining how many people have...", for example Great work so far! JenOttawa (talk) 03:13, 6 November 2018 (UTC)