PurposeTo compare the effects of preoperative dienogest (DNG) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist administration on the improvement of preoperative symptoms and surgical outcomes in patients who underwent laparoscopic cystecto…
OBJECTIVE: To define diagnostic criteria for juvenile cystic adenomyoma (JCA), describe the histologic features of the condition and evaluate laparoscopic excision for treating associated dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain. DESIGN: Prospective l…
Objective: To assess the attributes and feasibility of conservative laparoscopic surgery for patients with ruptured ovarian endometrioma.Design: Retrospective analysis.Setting: University medical center.Patient(s): Eighteen patients undergo…
Study objectiveTo determine how intestinal endometriosis spreads, and, thus, to improve outcomes of curative surgery.DesignDescriptive study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).SettingUniversity hospital.PatientsTen patients who under…
A pilot study was designed to analyze the vascular density of peritoneal endometriosis in 3 groups of lesions (red, black, and white) in 23 patients with peritoneal endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic surgery using the narrow-band imag…