T G Vancaillie

A 19-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic resection of extensive endometriosis of the cul-de-sac. At completion of surgery the abdomen was deflated for 3 minutes with the patient still in Trendelenburg position, before she was reexamined f…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate complications of operative laparoscopy. STUDY DESIGN: Operative and postoperative complications in 452 consecutive cases from January 1, 1991, to August 31, 1993, were evaluated. The series was divided into three tim…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence, diagnosis, and management of serious urinary complications after major operative laparoscopy. METHODS: For this retrospective study of 953 consecutive cases of major operative laparoscopy from January …

Thermal destruction of the endometrium for treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding was accomplished with a urologic resectoscope with ball-end electrode in 15 patients. After at least 6 months of follow-up, ten experienced amenorrhea an…

Endometriosis appears under a wide array of morphologies, and early microscopic disease escapes visual inspection. To improve endoscopic diagnosis, we studied the optical properties of ectopic endometrial tissue, in particular laser-induced…