M Cosson

ObjectiveTwo years after the French guidelines, the objective was to assess the feasibility and efficiency of ultrasound-guided trans-vaginal drainage of tubo-ovarian abscesses (TOA) and to study the responsible germs.Material and methodsAl…

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a specific anticancer treatment that received significant interest in several medical and surgical disciplines. The technique is based on (i) the application of the photosensitizer that accumulates in a variabl…

Optical coherence tomography is one of the most important technological progress of the last ten years in the field of medical imaging. It is similar to ultrasound imaging except that it uses properties of light instead of ultrasound. Optic…

Endometriosis of the urinary tract (bladder and/or ureter) is rare and concerns 1-2% of cases of endometriosis. Surgical management is usually mandatory. Rate of peri operative morbidity is low. There is a risk of functional (dysuria, chron…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms of bladder and ureteral endometriosis and to review the treatment approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective studyover the period November 1989-July 2000.…

OBJECTIVES: To review the complementary role and contribution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in gynecology diseases. RESULTS: Tissue characterization can be obtained with T2, T1 weighted images before and after contrast medium injectio…

Endometriosis is characterised by the presence of abnormally located tissue resembling the endometrium with glands and stroma. Several hypotheses have attempted to explain the development of such tissue. The oldest theory, that of metaplasi…

Objectivehysterectomy for benign disorders is usually well tolerated, but complications do occur. The aim of this retrospective study is to document such complications.Patients and methodsbetween March 1991 and December 1998, 1604 patients …

ObjectiveAlthough hysterectomy for benign disorders is a routine and usually well-tolerated procedure, complications do occur, and the resulting morbidity rates are not negligible. The aim of this prospective study was to report perioperati…

Endometriosis is characterised by the presence of abnormally located tissue resembling the endometrium with glands and stroma. Several hypotheses have attempted to explain the development of such tissue. The most often cited theory, that of…

Adenomyosis is a frequent pathology of the uterus for women over 40. Difficult to diagnose, adenomyosis can be responsible of pelvic pain and menorrhagia. Association with infertility is a rare event and the responsibility of adenomyosis is…

UNLABELLED: From 1992 to 1995, 1565 laparoscopic operations were performed in Roubaix. We report on six complications. OBJECTIVE: To compare this figure with these of the French collaborative study done from 1987 to 1991 by seven departmen…

Since the beginning of the nineties, we have seen an increase in the use of operative hysteroscopy in the surgical treatment of women with dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The aim of this article is to show that these new techniques are surg…