Oscar D. Almeida

Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating, life-altering syndrome that negatively affects a woman's quality of life and personal relationships. Many women continue to suffer with pelvic pain despite having undergone multiple medical and su…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether occlusive salpingitis isthmica nodosa associated with endometriosis can be diagnosed by microlaparoscopy and managed with medical therapy using leuprolide acetate. METHODS: This was a prospective, nonrandomize…

Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating, life-altering syndrome that negatively affects a woman's quality of life and personal relationships. Many women continue to suffer with pelvic pain despite having undergone multiple medical and surgica…

Study objectiveTo summarize office laparoscopic surgery practice profiles with emphasis on microlaparoscopy.DesignSurvey (Canadian Task Force classification III).SettingGeneral gynecology and reproductive endocrinology laparoscopic surgery …

Study objectiveTo present the technique and usefulness of conscious pain mapping.DesignProspective, observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).SettingGynecology departments of a university-affiliated hospital and a privat…