Background: We report diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal infection secondary to rectosigmoid perforation from endometriosis in early pregnancy. Case Presentation: A 30-year-old primigravid Caucasian female with abdomina…
ObjectiveTo assess the characteristics and rates of complications for operative laparoscopy and diagnostic laparoscopy.DesignRetrospective review.SettingTertiary-care university hospital.PatientsTwo thousand three hundred twenty-four patien…
ObjectiveTo compare the surgical management and follow-up of patients with endometriomas managed by endoscopic surgery versus laparotomy using a retrospective case control format.DesignEndoscopic oophorocystectomies were performed on 36 pat…
A retrospective review was undertaken on all pediatric and reproductive-aged females who underwent cardiac surgery and required cardiopulmonary bypass from 1958 through 1986. The purpose of this study was to define the fertility of these pa…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate 13 patients with primary ovarian failure (POF). All patients were less than 35 years of age. Serum FSH, performed by RIA, was in the post-menopausal range in all patients. Karyotype with Q-banding wa…