The history of energy sources used in surgery is inextricably linked to the history of electricity. Milestones include identification of safe electrical waveforms that can be used in the human body, patient isolation to prevent alternate-si…
Endometriosis is an increasingly common gynaecological disorder, confined to women of a reproductive age and limited to Homo sapiens and the higher primates. It would appear that an erect posture, although providing advantages in evolutiona…
OBJECTIVE: To document the changes in pain scores 3-12 months following ablative laparoscopic surgery. Secondary outcome measures included patient satisfaction scores. DESIGN: A prospective, cohort study. SETTING: A tertiary referral cent…
The authors report the case history of a patient with symptoms and signs suggestive of endometriosis, who was found to have Schistosomiasis. The laparoscopic appearance was of gelatinous deposits throughout the pelvis which were thought to …
BACKGROUND: Only 21.3% of cases of malignant transformation of endometriosis occur at extragonadal pelvic sites. Forty cases of endometriosis-associated intestinal tumors are reported in the literature. Of these, 17 cases are primary adenoc…
Promoting patient safety in primary care Honesty and openness may not be best policyEditor-We were both surprised by Wilson et al who, in their editorial, ask everybody to send in reports of their errors. 1Our concerns remain regardless of …
There are a number of published studies documenting pregnancy rates after endoscopic surgery in patients with endometriomas. These reports present similar pregnancy rates regardless of the surgical technique used to treat the cyst. This fin…