Patrick Puttemans
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· 44 papers in corpus
review
2004
Although laparoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis, the need for this invasive diagnostic tool is a major stumbling-block in both effective clinical management and for research into this common and debilitating dis…
review
2004
Reproductive performance is now more than ever determining the choice of treatment for each individual couple. The easy access to ART treatments, their financial benefits, and the relative high success rate per cycle are at the basis of a l…
2004
2003
review
2003
Endometriosis is a pleiotropic reproductive condition and the lesions visualized at laparoscopy are only one aspect of this disease process. At present, there is no evidence that surgery for endometriosis can cure infertility. The most impo…
review
2003
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Laparoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis but the need for visual evidence of the disease is a major stumbling-block for both effective clinical management of affected patients as well as for res…
review
2003
BROSENS, IVO MD; CAMPO, RUDI MD; PUTTEMANS, PATRICK MD; GORDTS, STEPHAN MD Author Information
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether expression of aromatase P450 mRNA in eutopic endometrium is predictive of the presence of pelvic endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective, multicenter, observational study. SETTING: Four tertiary centers for re…
1997
other
1996
Reconstruction of the ovary containing large endometriomas by an extraovarian endosurgical technique
OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the surgical treatment of large ovarian endometriomas by an extraovarian endosurgical technique. DESIGN: Prospective case series study. SETTING: University center and tertiary referral center for endosc…
1995
other
1994
Today's clinical challenge of endometriosis is to know when Its presence can be called a disease and therefore to decide when treatment is Indicated. The evolution of endometrkasls is presented as a cycle which can derail. Local pelvic fact…
review
1993
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review
1989
Salpingoscopy gives detailed visual information on the mucosal pattern of the tubal ampulla as far as the isthmoampullary junction. With experience it takes 10 minutes to perform salpingoscopy on both sides and with an additional dye test a…
other
1989
other
1987
The histological and ultrastructural changes of ectopic endometrium were studied during treatment with dydrogesterone (Duphaston) in eighteen infertile patients with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis. Three types of response to thera…
observational
1987
Autoimmune phenomenon have previously been described in patients with pelvic endometriosis.Anti-endometrial antibodies have been observed, as well as increased numbers of macrophages and lymphocytes in the peritoneal fluid.These findings ma…