W Costantini

ObjectiveTo determine the outcome of laparoscopy compared with laparotomy in conservative surgical treatment for severe endometriosis.DesignComparison of nonrandomized historical surgical series.SettingTwo teaching hospitals and referral ce…

Of 103 women undergoing laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas, 41 patients were prescribed to 3 to 6 months therapy with GnRH analogs or danazol postoperatively and 62 received no additional treatment. No significant difference in …

During a 5-year period, we diagnosed endometriosis by laparoscopy in 163 infertile patients (7.9% of the infertile population). Seventy-one women presented with minimal endometriosis, 32 women a mild form, 38 women a moderate form and 22 wo…