The aim of a gynecological ‘one-stop bleeding clinic’ is to identify the cause of the bleeding and, if possible, to exclude endometrial carcinoma. Most of these outpatient clinics are based on the use of transvaginal sonography (TVS) with e…
To the Editor: Ureteral obstruction is an infrequent but serious complication of pelvic endometriosis. Often, endometriosis is not identified as the cause of the obstruction before surgery. Hormona...
OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the surgical treatment of large ovarian endometriomas by an extraovarian endosurgical technique. DESIGN: Prospective case series study. SETTING: University center and tertiary referral center for endosc…
The use of the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser for laparoscopic enterocele repair was evaluated in four women with an enterocele as the only pathology. Three women had a large enterocele after earlier hysterectomy, and one young woman had a cong…
Today's clinical challenge of endometriosis is to know when Its presence can be called a disease and therefore to decide when treatment is Indicated. The evolution of endometrkasls is presented as a cycle which can derail. Local pelvic fact…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of the endometrial cyst and to locate the implants for selective biopsy. DESIGN: Prospective study. SUBJECTS: Fifty-one women with one or two ovarian chocolate cysts of 3 cm or more were investig…
In a prospective study, the concentrations of CA 125, 17 beta-oestradiol and progesterone were assayed in 52 consecutive ovarian cysts, laparoscopically suspected to be endometriomas. Cysts with dark brown 'chocolate' fluid (n = 42) were ex…