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Deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) manifests itself mainly in the form of pain, predominantly deep dyspareunia, and painful functional symptoms that are aggravated monthly during menstruation, with the semiology being directly correlat…

In six women out of 792 who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for management of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), ureteral involvement was suspected. Ureteral endometriosis was identified as a hypointense nodule on T2- weighte…

Scar endometriosis is a rare disease which is difficult to diagnose. The symptoms are nonspecific, typically involving abdominal wall pain at the time of menstruation. Clinical examination may reveal a painful nodule, if the scar involved i…

BACKGROUND: Deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is recognized as a specific entity responsible for pain. The distribution of locations and their contribution to surgical management has not been previously studied. METHODS: Medical, ope…

Chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis remain two of the most perplexing problems in gynaecology. In some women, the problem is to determine whether or not endometriosis causes the pain they are consulting for. Deep pelvic endometriosis pres…

A systematic review was undertaken to determine whether coagulation or laser vaporization of endometriomas is associated with an increase in the risk of cyst recurrence compared with excision of the pseudocapsule. In the four comparative tr…

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the precise nature of the relationship between dysmenorrhoea (DM) and endometriosis. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the severity of DM in women with posterior deep infiltrating endometrios…

Deep pelvic endometriosis presents essentially in the form of a painful syndrome dominated by deep dyspareunia and painful functional symptoms that recur according to the menstrual cycle, with the semiology directly correlated with the loca…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate if a lateral asymmetry exists in the distribution of endometriotic lesions of the sciatic nerve. DATA SOURCES: All articles on sciatic nerve endometriosis identified by MEDLINE and EMBASE database searches were re…

OBJECTIVE: To present the anatomopathological characteristics of deep bladder endometriosis. DESIGN: Descriptive anatomapathological study. SETTING: A university hospital department of gynecological surgery. PATIENT(S): Eleven consecutiv…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To take recent progress in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into account to determine its accuracy compared with that of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVUS) in diagnosing bladder endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective analys…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe the histologic appearance of deep endometriosis infiltrating the uterosacral ligaments (USL). DESIGN: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. …

The goal of this study was to describe the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging signs of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions and above all to find out if MR imaging can pinpoint the location of these lesions. We made a retrospective …

The efficiency of medical therapy as a unique treatment for endometrioma has not been demonstrated. Operative laparoscopic management is the 'gold standard' for surgical treatment, and there are no indications to prescribe medical treatment…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether specific types of pelvic pain are correlated with the anatomic locations of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIGN: Retrospective data analysis. SETTING: University tertiary referral center. PAT…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether routine clinical examination is sufficient for the diagnosis and establishing the location of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIGN: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification…

Intestinal endometriosis present in up to 37% of cases is difficult to diagnose and treatment remains complex. Until recently barium enema and colonoscopy are the only two diagnostic tools. However there were many drawbacks and technical li…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyze the risk of postoperative adhesions in women who undergo laparoscopic surgical management of deep endometriosis infiltrating the uterosacral ligaments (USL). DESIGN: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force c…

BACKGROUND: Two aims: 1) To assess the results of laparoscopically assisted vaginal management of deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectovaginal septum (RVS); 2) to pinpoint the differences between this procedure and that used for deep en…

Deep endometriosis is defined as an endometriotic lesion that penetrates the retroperitoneal space for a distance of > or =5 mm. Deep endometriosis is extremely active, occurs in phase with eutopic endometrium, evolves progressively with ag…

The efficacy of medical treatment as unique treatment for endometrioma is not demonstrated. Operative laparoscopic management is the gold standard for surgical treatment. There is no indication to prescribe preoperatively medical treatment …

UNLABELLED: Deep pelvic endometriosis may lead to severe pain, the treatment of which may require complete surgical resection of lesions. Digestive infiltration is a difficult therapeutic problem. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult and dig…

Partial cystectomy is in the great majority of the cases the treatment of choice for patients with bladder endometriosis. The aim is to assess the methods, indications and results of operative laparoscopy for patients presenting with bladde…

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: The main area of the gastrointestinal tract affected by deep pelvic endometriosis is the rectosigmoid colon in 3-37% of cases. Due to the risk of infiltration and the clinical symptoms of endometriosis, with pain …

OBJECTIVE: To assess reproductive outcome after laparoscopic myomectomies for interstitial and/or subserosal myomas in infertile women with or without associated infertility factors. STUDY DESIGN: In this observational study, 91 women with…