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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work is to evaluate the place of new treatments in the management of endometriosis outside the context of infertility. METHODS: A review of the literature was conducted by consulting Medline data until July…

ObjectiveThe principal objective of our study was to assess women's quality of life (QoL) after surgery for Deep Endometriosis (DE), according to the surgical technique used.Material and methodsQualitative single-center survey in the depart…

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 …

PurposeTo develop a questionnaire based on patients' verbal descriptors, to measure the painful symptoms of endometriosis.MethodsWe performed a two-round modified DELPHI procedure mixing endometriosis patients and physicians to select a set…

OBJECTIVES: There are many national and international recommendations and guidelines for the management of patients with endometrioma. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of these recommendations on the practice of French surgeon…

The relationship between ovarian cysts and infertility is a subject of debate, mainly because it is difficult to determine the real impact of the cyst and its treatment on later fertility. For a long time it was hoped that surgical treatmen…

STUDY QUESTION: How do fully-comprehensive patient-centred descriptions of the symptoms of endometriosis compare with the physicians' description of the symptoms? SUMMARY ANSWER: The description of the painful symptoms due to endometriosis …

The recent demonstration that aromatase is expressed at higher levels in endometriosis implants than in normal endometrium has led to pilot studies using inhibitor aromatasis in patients with endometriosis. We conducted a systematic review …

We report a case of degenerative extra-ovarian endometriosis. This is a rare complication of endometriosis, the frequency of which is estimated at 0.9%. In more than 50% of the cases, the diagnosis is made following investigation for abdomi…

OBJECTIVE: To describe a patient with a large endometrial cyst of the liver and review the literature concerning these rare lesions. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A 42-year-old nulligravid woman with a 22…

ObjectivesTo determine the effectiveness of a 6-month course of nafarelin in the treatment of stage III-IV endometriosis and to determine if pre-operative use of nafarelin facilitates surgery.DesignProspective, multicenter, clinical trial.S…

The authors report a case of an acute renal failure secondary to an obstructive bilateral ureteral endometriosis. They show the limits of the clinical diagnosis as well as the limits of additional explorations and discuss the therapeutic ma…

Among the many causes of sciatica, endometriosis, a rare aetiology, should be considered in menstruating women in view of the diagnostic strategy and ensuing therapeutic implications. We report a case of sciatic nerve involvement with endom…

Summary: We report a case of sciatic nerve involvement with a hemorrhagic lesion of endometriosis, as demonstrated by MR. Endometriosis is a rare cause of sciatica. Since the case of endometriosis-induced sciatica reported by Schlicke in 19…

Sciatic nerve endometriosis is rare but must be included in the sciatic pain aetiology diagnosis. Typically the patient's sciatic pain is cyclic. Electromyography and computed tomographic scanning or nuclear resonance imagery contribute to …

This retrospective study of 340 hysterectomies carried out abdominally concern cases only where the pathology was benign and strictly limited to the body of the uterus. This has made it possible to review the 240 cases carried out for fibro…