{"paper_id":"0113b27a-91fa-4005-8314-8eeffff2554c","body_text":"Abstract\nEndometriosis is a gynecologic disease that affects more than 150 million women around the world. The disease is usually found in the pelvic cavity, affecting the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the peritoneum, and the rectovaginal septum; it is less commonly found in the abdominal cavity affecting the small bowel, the large bowel, and other abdominal organs. It has been established that the best examination to evaluate endometriosis is transvaginal ultrasonography with bowel preparation. The laparoscopic ablation or excision of endometriotic lesions has as its objectives pain relief or fertility improvement and increasing the patient’s quality of life. 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Deep endometriosis: definition, diagnosis, and treatment. Fertil Steril. 2012;98:564–71.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nCorresponding author\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nRossener, R., Carvalho, L.F.P., Salgado, J.L., Abrao, M.S. (2014). Laparoscopic Excision of Endometriosis. In: Escobar, P., Falcone, T. (eds) Atlas of Single-Port, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6840-0_5\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6840-0_5\nPublished:\nPublisher Name: Springer, New York, NY\nPrint ISBN: 978-1-4614-6839-4\nOnline ISBN: 978-1-4614-6840-0\neBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. 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