STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if minilaparoscopy under local anesthesia is at least as reliable and affordable as that performed under general anesthesia. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized study (Canadian Task Force classification I). SETTI…
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate short-term results of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy with those of total abdominal hysterectomy in a prospective, randomized, multicenter study. STUDY DESIGN: One hundr…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of two laparoscopic methods for the management of endometriomas with regard to pain relief, pregnancy rate, and disease recurrence. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Tertiary care h…
Problem: Factors regulating the development, growth, and differentiation of endometrial cells of endometriotic lesions are poorly understood. To investigate the paracrine-autocrine regulation of ectopic endometrial cell growth, the expressi…
PROBLEM: Factors regulating the development, growth, and differentiation of endometrial cells of endometriotic lesions are poorly understood. To investigate the paracrine-autocrine regulation of ectopic endometrial cell growth, the expressi…
Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic pelvic denervation (uterosacral resection or presacral neurectomy) for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain with a predominant central-type localization in women with endometriosis or wit…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To establish a hysteroscopic classification of endometrial lesions based on a combined score: DESIGN: A prospective study to grade four features of endometrial lesions (thickness, surface, color, vascularization) and subdi…
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to assess the functional morphologic features of the ovarian cortex surrounding benign cysts. STUDY DESIGN: Fifty-four specimens (13 mature teratomas, nine benign cystadenomas, and 32 endometriomas) were obtained…