The chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) is a useful model for the fluorescence diagnosis of experimentally induced endometriosis. In our experimental setup 75.7% of the histologically examined tissue preparations were viable and only 24.3% showe…
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of nonpigmented endometrial lesions by simple laparoscopic visualization is difficult and often inaccurate. We therefore sought to establish a new and more accurate method to visualize these nonpigmented peritoneal…
BackgroundAdhesions are believed to be one of the principal causes of chronic pelvic pain. Although there may be some discrepancy between the degree of adhesions and the severity of the symptoms, surgical adhesiolysis is still considered to…
Objective: We evaluated the angiogenic activity of fluorescent and non-fluorescent peritoneal fluid in patients with endometriosis. Methods: Eleven women with endometriosis received 5-amino-levulinic acid (30 mg/kg body weight) orally 10-14…