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BACKGROUND: Ovarian response during IVF cycles after laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy for endometriotic cysts >3 cm is controversial. A retrospective study was designed to study this problem. METHODS: At laparoscopy, endometriomas >3 cm were…

Adenomyosis keeps a strange and unknown feature. Indeed, therefore of an unclear physiopathology, the difficult diagnosis due to the lack of specificity of symptoms and the absence of effective conservative treatment, adenomyosis is still t…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the degree of fibrosis in the stroma of peritoneal endometriosis, according to the macroscopic appearance. METHODS: Red and black lesions of peritoneal endometriosis were collected and type-I collagen was immunohistoc…

Wide inter-individual variation of expression of compound metabolic enzymes is determined by polymorphism and may predispose the development of diseases provoked by environmental factors. The combined analysis of phase II detoxification sys…

We evaluated angiogenesis in eutopic endometrium and ectopic endometrium from patients with endometriosis. Microvessels were identified by immunohistochemistry using anti-von-Willebrand factor antibody and vascular parameters were measured …

PROBLEM: Factors regulating fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis are poorly understood. We hypothesized that mast cell proteases may play a role in the process of fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis. As the first step in examining the poss…

Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease with possible genetic predisposition and involvement of environmental factors in its pathogenesis. The genetic polymorphism of glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) gene, which codes for glutathione …

A human epithelial-like cell line derived from peritoneal implants from a patient with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist-resistant endometriosis graded as stage IVd according to the American Fertility Society classification was…

Colo-rectal endometriosis requiring colon resection are reported in 8 patients to illustrated the diagnostic and therapeutic problems encountered in the management of this uncommon localisation. Pericatamenial or catamenial bowel symptoms a…

From their experience and from data in the literature, the authors try to define the respective place of the different treatments for endometriosis, especially those of operative laparoscopy. In cases of endometriosis-associated infertility…

OBJECTIVE: Study of factors affecting risk of failure after hysteroscopic endometrial resection. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective study of 196 patients treated by hysteroscopic endometrial resection for abnormal uterine bleeding from January 19…

Studying the incidence of bilateral adnexal disease and dense adhesions, two groups of patients with severe endometriosis were distinguished, suggesting that a stage V needs to be considered in the AFS classification.

Laparoscopic hysterectomy is a recent procedure. We present our preliminary results about 44 patients. In 77.3% of cases (34 patients) the operation was carried out completely by laparoscopy and 10 patients (22.7%) required conversion of th…

Peritoneal and ovarian endometriosis are anatomically highly polymorphous and can give rise to pain and sterility. Endometriosis can be recognized and evaluated by means of laparoscopy and an appropriate therapeutic strategy determined. Sur…

Forty-two patients who underwent a second-look laparoscopy after a unilateral or bilateral intraperitoneal cystectomy for treatment of an ovarian endometrioma of greater than 3 cm were included. At second-look laparoscopy, 92.4% of the adne…

Benign ovarian cysts can be diagnosed and treated by surgical laparoscopy which, like laparotomy, permits a histological examination. Ovarian cysts that are, or are suspected of being malignant must be removed by laparotomy after evaluation…

The authors share their experience in the use of the CO2 laser, over 10 years. Three main indications for the CO2 laser in operative laparoscopy are examined: adhesiolysis, neosalpingostomy and endometriosis. The CO2 laser presents a number…