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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the symptoms of endometriosis were related to the number and/or location of endometrial implants and the number and/or location of adhesions. DESIGN: Prospective, double-blind study. PATIENTS: Seventy conse…

As with other organs, the etiology of bowel endometriosis is unknown. Its occurrence was reported as early as 1922 by Sampson. Following his investigation of nineteen cases, he proposed that "implantation adenoma of endometrial type of some…

Laparoscopic surgery offers the most effective form of treatment for women with severe endometriosis. The development of advanced laparoscopic techniques allows complete removal of deeply infiltrating lesions. Implants can be laparoscopical…

This study assessed whether hysteroscopy can provide information concerning the cause of chronic pelvic pain. We prospectively evaluated the findings in 547 consecutive patients who had laparoscopy to evaluate chronic pelvic pain at a large…

Journal Article Classification of endometriosis:Improving the classification of endometriotic ovarian cysts Get access Camran Nezhat, Camran Nezhat 3 1Center for Special Pelvic Surgery555 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, NE, Suite 276, Atlanta, GA …

This report describes the diagnosis and management of a noncommunicating rudimentary horn complicated by severe pelvic pain and associated endometriosis. This condition was diagnosed by simultaneous laparoscopic and hysteroscopic examinatio…

We used a new laparoscopic technique to treat infiltrative symptomatic intestinal endometriosis. Eight women, ages 29-38, with extensive symptomatic pelvic endometriosis were included in this series. All were diagnosed as having severe pelv…

We treated 17 patients with severe endometriosis involving the genitourinary tract. Eight women presented with persistent right or left flank pain, two presented with known ureteral obstruction, and five presented with urinary frequency and…

During multipuncture operative laparoscopy to excise peritoneal endometriosis involving the pelvic sidewall near the origin of the uterine artery, the lower portion of the hypogastric artery was perforated. The acute hemorrhage was controll…

This is a retrospective review of laparoscopic repair for enterotomies created during therapeutic or diagnostic laparoscopy in 26 women. All patients had mechanical and antibiotic bowel preparation preoperatively. The indication for operati…

Ureteral injury is a recognized complication of gynecologic surgery. During operative laparoscopy performed to treat extensive endometriosis of the pelvic sidewall, a 1.5-cm portion of the right ureter was resected and was repaired successf…

OBJECTIVE: To describe optimal procedures and preliminary results for videolaparoscopic presacral neurectomy as part of the surgical treatment of endometriosis associated with intractable dysmenorrhoea. DESIGN: Observational study with fol…

One hundred eighty-seven consecutive patients with persistent ovarian cysts and endometriosis underwent laparoscopic evaluation and ovarian cystectomy. All patients had been followed for a minimum of 6 weeks prior to surgery. The cysts were…

Proctectomy for deep endometriosis of the rectal wall was performed without laparotomy. Although laparoscopic pelvic surgery and transperineal proctectomy with primary double-stapled anastomosis are established procedures in gynecological a…

The following is a description of the first series of laparoscopic partial proctectomies performed without a separate surgical incision. Sixteen women were treated for extensive endometriosis invading the rectal wall. This original series o…

OBJECTIVE: To present the technique and results of videolaparoscopy and the CO2 laser as a treatment for deep, infiltrative endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum, uterosacral ligaments, pouch of Douglas and anterior wall of the rectosigm…

Partial ureteral resection and ureteroureterostomy were accomplished using operative laparoscopy in a 36-year-old woman with a long-standing history of endometriosis, left ureteral obstruction and nephrostomy.

Extreme caution and meticulous surgery are imperative when treating the surface of the diaphragm. This procedure should only be performed by an experienced laparoscopic surgeon after appropriate consultation with a cardiothoracic surgeon. P…

Apparently conflicting results have been reported regarding the incidence, and even the existence, of endometriosis in visually normal peritoneum. The present study was undertaken in view of the fact that the presence and incidence of nonvi…

In any body cavity, endoscopic surgery is possible and usually preferable. Advantages include better exposure, magnification, and operating very close to the affected tissue. We demonstrate some of the past, present, and future of laparosco…