Horace Roman

STUDY QUESTION: What are the types and frequency of digestive symptoms in patients with different localizations of pelvic endometriosis and which specific symptoms are related to rectal stenosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: There is a high prevalence o…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the knowledge of general practitioners concerning the endometriosis diagnostic and care.Population and methodsSurvey enrolling 100 general practitioners of the 76th Seine Maritime French department (region of Upper Norm…

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The aim of this article is to argue the usefulness of the systematic administration of medical treatment in women managed for endometriosis, either alone or associated with the surgery. The authors dispute seven frequent objections against …

Good knowledge of physiopathology, surgical techniques and of the literature allows for an adequate treatment of ovarian endometrioma. Preoperative medical treatment has not shown to be efficient and might be adapted to each patient (contin…

One of the most interesting debates surrounding deep endometriosis concerns the management of patients with colorectal lesions and pregnancy intention, for which no strong first level of evidence data exists to recommend performing surgical…

BACKGROUND: Two surgical approaches are employed in the treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the rectum (DIER): colorectal resection and nodule excision. In 2009, we introduced a new technique for transanal full thickness disc ex…

ObjectiveTo evaluate in infertile women the benefit of laparoscopic surgical treatment of endometriosis.Patients and methodsAll infertile patients aged 18 to 43 years old, operated between February 2004 and March 2008, with a minimal follow…

Primary umbilical endometriosis represents a very rare localization of the disease and is represented by blue, papular, nodular or cystic lesions whose symptoms are related to ovarian cycle. We report the management of three women, free of …

ObjectiveThe aim of our study was to assess ovarian tissue loss related to endometrioma cystectomy by 3D-ultrasonography.Patients and methodsWe have retrospectively included 15 women with no previous ovarian surgery who benefited from cyste…

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction - Vol. 40 - N° 6 - p. 572-576

have wide experience, the rate of vaginal fornix removal has significantly increased year on year (Matsuzaki et al., 2009).(iv) We agree that 32 papers to date have documented clinical outcome after bowel resection anastomosis, however we d…

OBJECTIVES: To report the outcomes of surgical management of urinary tract endometriosis and discuss the choice between conservative and radical surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed data concerning women managed for ureteral or bladd…

OBJECTIVE: To use postoperative examination by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound to compare loss of ovarian parenchyma after ovarian endometrioma ablation with the use of plasma energy versus cystectomy. DESIGN: Retrospective "before and a…

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BACKGROUND: Colorectal segmental resection is performed worldwide in a majority of women presenting with symptomatic deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectum. The aim of the present study was to investigate the pathophysiological mechanis…

We performed a retrospective three-dimensional ultrasound evaluation of the ovarian features in ten women with no previous ovarian surgery who benefited from ablation by plasma energy for unilateral endometriomas greater than to 30 mm in di…