Redwine DB

To determine if laparoscopic excision of endometriosis by electrosurgery is more rapid than by sharp dissection, a retrospective comparative study was made of operative times for the two procedures. Median operating times for laparoscopic e…

In endometriosis patients with obliteration of the cul-de-sac, laparoscopic en block resection of the uterosacral ligaments, posterior cervix, cul-de-sac, and bowel wall efficiently removes invasive disease.

Patients with symptomatic endometriosis of the colon and distal small bowel usually present with crampy abdominal pain, pelvic and rectal pain, constipation, and dyspareunia. Superficial disease can be easily resected laparoscopically with …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the long-term outcome after laparoscopic excision of endometriosis. DESIGN: This longitudinal unmatched study evaluated surgical outcome using follow-up questionnaires and evaluation of reoperations with results pre…

We report a technique for laparoscopic segmental resection of the sigmoid colon. A 30.73-year-old nulligravida complained of pelvic pain, abdominal bloating, intestinal cramping, and painful bowel movements. Examination revealed significant…

Defined criteria were used to select small samples of visually normal study peritoneum for serial section light microscopy in 45 patients with biopsy-proven endometriosis and 10 patients without endometriosis. A glandular element compatible…

A 33-year-old woman, para 1001, had pain in the inner right thigh and proximal right leg weakness. At surgery a locally invasive, fibrotic lesion was found encircling the right ureter, right internal iliac vein and obturator nerve. It exten…

Visual identification of endometriosis is important, identification of very subtle manifestations of disease has recently received increased attention. Colorless and other subtle manifestations of peritoneal disease can be seen more easily …

Of 132 women with endometriosis, almost one-fifth had peritoneal pockets. Two-thirds of the structures had endometriosis either around the rim or inside. Since one-third of the pockets lacked endometriosis and fibrosis was not present as a …

A 31-year-old nulligravid woman had had two previous laparoscopies for endometriosis. Disease of the right broad ligament was treated by electrocoagulation at the first surgery, but pain persisted despite postoperative danazol therapy. At h…

This study fails to uphold the concept of invisible, microscopic endometriosis. Peritoneum devoid of disease exists, can be described, and can be consistently found.

Endometriosis presents a large variety of color manifestations, most nonblack, and many easily missed unless meticulous inspection is used to identify small or nonhemorrhagic lesions. An evolution in appearance with age may occur, with resu…

In this series of patients, endometriosis does not involve more pelvic areas in older age groups. Exposure to pregnancy is associated with slightly less pelvic involvement, although this effect is inconstant when age groups are studied indi…