Endometriosis is a cause of chronic, pelvic pain in adolescents. Lack of response to NSAIDS and OCPs should prompt further investigation and subsequent treatment. The goal of therapy is to minimize pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea primarily thr…
Weber, Anne M. MD; Gidwani, Gita P. MD; Gonsalves, Lilian MD; Palomaki, Jacob F. MD; Sahgal, Vinod MD; Piedmonte, Marion MS Author Information
A case of laparoscopic excision of a rudimentary horn is presented. The anatomical features of this case are contrasted with others in the published literature. A 23 year old nulligravida presented with severe dysmenorrhoea and a pelvic mas…
Ninety infertility patients with moderate endometriosis were randomized between laparoscopic electrocautery and 6 months of danazol therapy and studied for 7 months after treatment. Twenty of the 45 patients undergoing electrocautery concei…