Nezhat C

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis commonly affects the pelvic organs but can also affect organs outside the pelvis and is then termed extragenital endometriosis. CASES: Successful robotically assisted laparoscopic management of extragenital endomet…

In recent years, there have been significant changes in many aspects of extragenital endometriosis ranging from the epidemiology to the management of the disease. Advances in minimally invasive surgery and expansion of the field have lead t…

Study objectivesTo report the feasibility and description of robot-assisted presacral neurectomy (RPSN) and to compare outcomes with laparoscopic presacral neurectomy (LPSN).DesignProspective case series (Canadian Task Force classification …

OBJECTIVE: To compare robot assisted laparoscopic platform to standard laparoscopy for the treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort controlled study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENT(S): Seventy-eight reproduc…

ObjectiveTo investigate the coexistence of endometriosis in women presenting with symptomatic leiomyomas.DesignRetrospective study.SettingTertiary university medical center.Patient(s)We reviewed the medical records of 131 patients who under…

Study objectiveWe aim to describe the clinical characteristics and the principles of combined laparoscopic and thoracoscopic management of women with diaphragmatic endometriosis at our institution.DesignCase series (Canadian Task Force Clas…

PURPOSE: We report the clinical characteristics and the principles of laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients with ureteral endometriosi…

BACKGROUND: The incidence of congenital anomalies of the ureter is very low, as is the incidence of endometriosis of the ureter. The presence of the 2 conditions together is extremely rare. To our knowledge, this is the first description in…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery involves the introduction of instruments through a natural orifice into the peritoneal cavity to perform diagnostic and therapeutic surgical interventions. We report…

BackgroundThe diagnosis of septic pelvic thrombophlebitis is frequently one of exclusion; a suspicion should arise when fever fails to respond to standard broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy and defervesces within 48 hours of the addition of …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To report the feasibility and safety of the use of a novel energy source that uses an electrically neutral beam of pure argon plasma for the laparoscopic management of endometriosis. METHODS: In this prospective p…

Study objectiveTo evaluate positive predictive value (PPV) of visual diagnosis at laparoscopy compared with biopsy findings according to severity of endometriosis.DesignRetrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).SettingAc…

ObjectiveTo review the malignant potential of endometriosis based on epidemiologic, histopathologic, and molecular data.DesignLiterature review.Result(s)The pathogenesis of endometriosis remains unclear. The histopathologic development of e…

The most common site of extragenital endometriosis is the intestinal tract, which accounts for approximately 80% of all extragenital endometriosis. The symptoms of intestinal endometriosis are crampy pain, flatulence, painful tenesmus, hype…

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the role of MRI as a preoperative diagnostic tool for leiomyoma and adenomyosis. METHOD: This is a retrospective chart review at a university-based hospital. The study included 1517 women who underwent hysterectomy o…

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery has revolutionized the concept of minimally invasive surgery for the last 3 decades. Robotic-assisted surgery is one of the latest innovations in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Already, many proced…

Intraoperative sigmoidoscopy is underused by the majority of practicing gynecologists and is not widely taught in obstetrics and gynecology training programs. In this report, a step-by-step approach is provided in order to perform sigmoidos…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To report the frequency and spectrum of histologically proved diseases of the appendix in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for chronic pelvic pain in conjunction with endometriosis in a tertiary referral center. DE…

Hepatic endometriosis is rare. Only 15 cases have been reported in the literature. All 15 were treated by laparotomy. We report two additional cases of hepatic endometriosis managed for the first time laparoscopically. Endometriosis is a pr…

OBJECTIVE: To report outcomes of laparoscopic management of patients with ovarian remnant (OR). DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Referral practice and tertiary medical center. PATIENT(S): Sixty-four patients with confirmed OR…

ObjectiveTo report our experience in patients with previous IVF failures who conceived after laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis.DesignRetrospective case series.SettingTertiary center IVF and endoscopy programs.Patient(s)Infertility pat…

Many will agree that the use of laparoscopy to diagnose and potientially treat endometriosis in patients who suffer from infertility has been superseded by IVF and sometimes oocyte donation, especially in older patients. The findings of our…