Adhesions are recognised as one of the most common complications of abdominal surgery; their diagnosis and prevention remains a significant unmet need in surgical therapy, affecting negatively a patient's quality of life and healthcare budg…
STUDY QUESTION: Is there a global consensus on the management of endometriosis that considers the views of women with endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: It was possible to produce an international consensus statement on the current management …
Deeply infiltrating endometriosis was described in the early part of the last century. Only recently, has there become a greater awareness and understanding of this form of endometriosis aided in part by advances in laparoscopic surgical te…
Dysmenorrhea can be a severe and debilitating symptom in many women. Although most women may find adequate relief of symptoms from pharmacological approaches, there remain a few with resistant pain. Presacral neurectomy, although technicall…
A retrospective audit of medical records was conducted for one surgeon (AL). All patients who underwent laparoscopic presacral neurectomy for severe midline dysmenorrhoea were identified. Details of the preoperative symptoms, clinical findi…