Jean-Luc Squifflet

BACKGROUND: The surgical management of endometrioma(s) remains challenging. Although laparoscopic surgery is a well-established treatment of endometrioma(s), caution is required to minimize ovarian damage. Several surgical techniques have b…

INTRODUCTION: Surgery is the cornerstone of ovarian cancer treatment. However, surgery and perioperative inflammation have been described as potentially pro-metastagenic. In various animal models and other human cancers, intraoperative admi…

Estrogens play a critical role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis and it is logical to assume that lowering estradiol levels with oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists may prove effective, especially in women who fail to …

Objective: To describe the available knowledge on vulvo-perineal endometriosis including its diagnosis, clinical management and recurrence rate. Methods: We followed the PRISMA guidelines for Systematic Reviews and our study was prospective…

OBJECTIVE: To study the mechanisms of invasion and innervation of deep endometriosis in women. DESIGN: Morphologic and immunohistochemical analysis of human endometriotic lesions. SETTING: Academic research unit. PATIENT(S): Seventeen bi…

This chapter describes one of the two forms of endometriosis involving the urogenital system: ureteral endometriosis.

In the pelvis, three different forms of endometriosis must be considered: 1) peritoneal endometriosis; 2) ovarian endometriosis and 3) rectovaginal septum endometriosis.