J.-L. Brun

OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively evaluate the long-term outcomes after percutaneous cryoablation of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). METHOD: The Institutional Review Board approved this retrospective observational review of 40 consecutive …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of percutaneous image-guided cryoablation of adenomyomas MATERIAL AND METHODS: Five symptomatic women who wanted to preserve their uterus and fertility underwent a single session of percutaneous …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the pregnancy rate after surgery for colorectal endometriosis. DESIGN: A retrospective, single-center study performed from January 2014 to December 2019. SETTING: A university tertiary referral center. PATIENTS…

ObjectiveTo provide French guidelines for the management of women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).DesignA consensus committee of 26 experts was formed. A formal conflict-of-interest (COI) policy was developed at the beginning of the pr…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of a 10 mg per day 12 week treatment of ulipristal acetate (UPA) on abnormal uterine bleeding due to adenomyosis.DesignA double-blind phase 2 randomized controlled pilot study.SettingFrom May 2015 to February…

ObjectivesTo provide up-to-date guidelines on management of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).MethodsAn initial search of the Cochrane database, PubMed, and Embase was performed using keywords related to PID to identify reports in any langu…

OBJECTIVES: The Collège national des gynécologues obstétriciens français (CNGOF), in agreement with the Société de chirurgie gynécologique et pelvienne (SCGP), has set up a commission in 2017 to define endometriosis expert centres, with the…

Endometriosis is a common condition that causes pain and infertility. It can lead to absenteeism and also to multiple surgeries with a consequent risk of impaired fertility, and constitutes a major public health cost. Despite the existence …

Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is commonly encountered in ă clinical practice. Objectives: To provide up-to-date guidelines on ă management of PID. Search strategy: An initial search of the Cochrane ă database, PubMed, and Em…

BACKGROUND: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is commonly encountered in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: To provide up-to-date guidelines on management of PID. SEARCH STRATEGY: An initial search of the Cochrane database, PubMed, and Embase w…

Deciduosis classically occurs in the context of known endometriosis in the pelvis, most commonly in the ovaries, but also in the peritoneum. However, ovarian deciduosis outside the context of endometriosis is rare and makes diagnosis diffic…

In this review we aimed to update the possibilities of adenomyosis treatment in women excluding those with a desire for pregnancy. Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue within the myometrium and frequently underestima…

BACKGROUND: Menstruation is associated with a striking increase in matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity. However, it is still unknown whether the level of MMP activity correlates with the amount of menstrual bleeding. METHODS: We used hi…

OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of therapies in menorrhagia related to atypical endometrial hyperplasia, polyps, myoma, adenomyosis and arteriovenous malformation of the uterus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medline and Cochrane contents were …

Curettage and endometrial ablation aggress the endometrium of menorragic women, thus decreasing the menstrual volume. Curettage only ablates the superficial layer of the endometrium and menorragia reappears in 50% of the cases at one year. …

Endometrial hyperplasias are mainly regarded as a response to unopposed endogenous estrogenic stimulation and concern 12% of perimenopausal women. They are usually diagnosed because of irregular bleeding. They are divided into two categorie…