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COVID-19 has led to new obstacles in the care for women with endometriosis. With many centers around the globe temporarily ceasing outpatient appointments, diagnostic imaging for non-acute pelvic pain, surgery for endometriosis, and fertili…

Complications do occur in daily clinical life and can sometimes lead to litigation, which adversely affect the entire health care system, leading to a loss of confidence in medical providers, an increase in defensive medical practice and hi…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the importance of planning all the steps of laparoscopic myomectomy, including incision, techniques to reduce blood loss, and suturing. DESIGN: Step-by-step video demonstration of the technique, with narrati…

As the diagnosis requires a laparoscopy, we only have data in women with pain and/or infertility. Endometriosis has been considered to be a single disease defined as 'endometrium like glands and stroma outside the uterus'. However, subtle, …

The present review aims to analyze the current data available on the different applications of indocyanine green (ICG) in gynecology. A semantic review of English-language publications was performed by searching for MeSH terms and keywords …

Statistical significance is used to analyse research findings and is together with biased free trials the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. However traditional statistics are based on the assumption that the population investigated is…

BACKGROUND: The genetic-epigenetic theory postulates that endometriosis is triggered by a cumulative set of genetic-epigenetic (GE) incidents. Pelvic and upper genital tract infection might induce GE incidents and thus play a role in the pa…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To show laparoscopic management of an arteriovenous malformation in a patient with deep pelvic endometriosis DESIGN: A step-by-step explanation of the surgery using an instructive video. SETTING: Hautepierre University Hos…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Laparoscopic surgical excision of bladder nodules has been demonstrated to be effective in relieving associated painful symptoms; the data are lacking concerning the impact of anterior compartment endometriosis on…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To point out the relevant anatomy of the ureter and to demonstrate its rules of dissection. DESIGN: An educational video to explain how to use ureteral relevant anatomy and the principle of dissection to perform safe urete…

OBJECTIVE: To study the pathophysiology of endometriosis. DESIGN: Overview of observations on endometriosis. SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): None. INTERVENTIONS(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The hypothesis is compatible with …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe a laparoscopic technique for the resection of deep endometriosis, treating the 3 compartments. DESIGN: Educational video. SETTING: Tertiary referral center in Strasbourg, France PATIENT: A 37-year-old primipar…

Colo-rectal endometriosis requiring colon resection are reported in 8 patients to illustrated the diagnostic and therapeutic problems encountered in the management of this uncommon localisation. Pericatamenial or catamenial bowel symptoms a…

OBJECTIVE: Study of factors affecting risk of failure after hysteroscopic endometrial resection. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective study of 196 patients treated by hysteroscopic endometrial resection for abnormal uterine bleeding from January 1…

Studying the incidence of bilateral adnexal disease and dense adhesions, two groups of patients with severe endometriosis were distinguished, suggesting that a stage V needs to be considered in the AFS classification.

Laparoscopic hysterectomy is a recent procedure. We present our preliminary results about 44 patients. In 77.3% of cases (34 patients) the operation was carried out completely by laparoscopy and 10 patients (22.7%) required conversion of th…

The last ten years have been characterized by a tremendous change in laparoscopy. Initially used exclusively for diagnosis, laparoscopy is now a surgical method in its own right and plays a strategic role. Long-term evaluation of results fo…

The authors share their experience in the use of the CO2 laser, over 10 years. Three main indications for the CO2 laser in operative laparoscopy are examined: adhesiolysis, neosalpingostomy and endometriosis. The CO2 laser presents a number…

A 20-year experience has enabled the authors to perform mutilating or conservative coelioscopic surgery for 87.4% of all benign ovarian cysts and 95% of all tubal pregnancies. The help obtained from CO2 laser allows performing salpingoneost…

One case of unicornuate uterus with a cavitary rudimentary horn and unilateral extensive endometriosis was treated by laparoscopy, after three months of treatment with GnRH analogues. The rudimentary horn and the corresponding tube were rem…