Khazali S

BACKGROUND: Two-port robotic-assisted hysterectomy presents a minimally invasive alternative to traditional multi-port techniques. Although a limited number of cases have been documented in the literature [1,2], the improved articulation an…

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that is characterized by pain, infertility, and reduced quality of life. Despite varied treatment modalities, a high proportion of individuals experience debilitating symptoms and develop comorbid pain con…

OBJECTIVE: To highlight the presentation and management of a patient with dysmenorrhea caused by an accessory cavitated uterine malformation (ACUM) while also summarizing the current evidence regarding this pathology. DESIGN: Video article…

Bladder endometriosis accounts for 70-85% of urinary tract endometriosis cases. Urinary tract endometriosis occurs in approximately 1% of those living with endometriosis. Underlying aetiology and pathogenesis are not fully understood, but t…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis surgery outcomes have been widely studied, yet heterogeneity in terminology and techniques persist. OBJECTIVES: This study focuses on the perioperative outcomes of a single surgeon using the same structured approa…

BACKGROUND: The treatment of endometriosis and adenomyosis requires a complex, multidisciplinary approach. Some centres have established multidisciplinary teams (MDT) and regular meetings. There are currently no international data or recomm…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To highlight a case where a nephroureterectomy and partial bladder cystectomy needed to be done due to endometriosis. DESIGN: A video article demonstrating a case study and the surgical management. SETTING: Ureteral endom…

BACKGROUND: Several endometriosis classification systems have been proposed and published but the search for a universal language that communicates the complexity, laterality and severity of this disease continues. The authors introduce the…

BACKGROUND: Anonymized videotaped endoscopic procedures can be used for the assessment of surgical competence, but a reliable non-procedure-specific scoring system is needed for gynaecology. OBJECTIVES: To design and evaluate the validity …

BACKGROUND: The use of Indocyanine Green (ICG) is well-described in oncology and more recently in benign gynaecological surgery. In this article we describe submucosal transvaginal ICG infiltration caudal to a vaginal endometriotic nodule t…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the advantages of a combined robotic-assisted laparoscopic and thoracic approach in the management of extensive diaphragmatic, pleural, and pericardial endometriosis. DESIGN: A video article demonstrating ex…

Objective The aim of this study was to assess inter-rater reliability for components of the Visual-Numeric Endometriosis Scoring System (VNESS). VNESS is a novel system for describing surgical findings in each compartment of the pelvis in a…

OBJECTIVE: To report on diagnosis and management of pelvic congestion including the May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) as potential etiologies for intractable pelvic neuropathic pain. DESIGN: Retrospective study of women presented with intractable…

PURPOSE: To examine peri-operative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: This was a prospective study of a case series of women having laparoscopic excision of deepl…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficiency of laparoscopically guided transversus abdominis plane block (LTAP) versus port-site local anaesthetic infiltration (LAI) in reducing postoperative pain following laparoscopic excision of endometriosis. …

OBJECTIVE: Silymarin as an herbal drug has potent antioxidant effects that could make it a good choice for endometriosis therapy. The aim of the current study was to determine the effects of silymarin as an herbal drug on induced endometria…