Sofiane Bendifallah

OBJECTIVE: To review prospectively the clinical characteristics of patients suffering from urinary tract endometriosis (UTE) in France, in 2017. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a prospective observational multicenter study including women manag…

The preoperative work-up and optimal surgical approach to colorectal endometriosis is a highly studied topic lacking definitive recommendations. Synthesis of the available data can be extremely challenging for surgeons due to the heterogene…

Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition of unknown etiology, which mainly affects women of reproductive age. The commonest site of gastrointestinal endometriosis is the rectosigmoid colon. Involvement of the sigmoid, cecum, append…

Therapeutic strategies for epithelial ovarian cancers are evolving with the advent of immunotherapy, such as PD-L1 inhibitors, with encouraging results. However, little data are available on PDL-1 expression in ovarian cancers. Thus, we set…

The molecular responses to hormonal stimuli in the endometrium are modulated at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional stages. Any imbalance in cellular and molecular endometrial homeostasis may lead to gynecological disorders. MicroR…

BACKGROUND: Borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) are tumors with a favorable prognosis but whose management by consensus is essential to limit the risk of invasive recurrence. This study aimed to conduct an inventory of surgical practices for B…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of type of surgery for colorectal endometriosis-rectal shaving or discoid resection or segmental colorectal resection-on complications and surgical outcomes. DATA SOURCES: We performed a systematic review of…

Objectives: The aims of the study were to evaluate ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of parametrial endometriosis compared with surgical-pathological findings, and to define an optimal cut-off of lesion size for correlation between torus/ute…

STUDY QUESTION: Could anogenital distance (AGD) be a non-invasive marker of endometriosis and correlated to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine revised score (r-ASRM) and ENZIAN classifications? SUMMARY ANSWER: Surgically and hi…

Appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (AMN) is defined as a distended, mucous-filled appendix. It is a rare condition seen in only 8% of cases of appendiceal tumors. Appendiceal mucocele associated with endometriosis is extremely rare with only 16 …

INTRODUCTION: Surgical management of deep endometriosis with colorectal involvement remains an option after failure of medical treatments. Conventional laparoscopy is currently considered the standard approach for surgical treatment. Recent…

Laparoscopic discoid colorectal resection is a surgical option for bowel endometriosis, 1 of the most severe forms of endometriosis. However, no study has clearly analyzed the feasibility or the complication and recurrence rates of the proc…

BACKGROUND: PPOS protocols, initially described for FP in women with cancer, have many advantages compared to antagonist protocols. PPOS protocols were not evaluated for women with endometriosis. The objective of the study was to describe f…

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The aim was to develop a nomogram based on clinical and surgical factors to predict the likelihood of voiding dysfunction after surgery for deep endometriosis. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of 789 pat…

BACKGROUND: The management of endometriosis-related infertility is still under debate. The Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) score is performant to predict the occurrence of a spontaneous pregnancy following surgery, but was not evaluated…

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate three-dimensional (3D) T2 MRI before and after vaginal opacification (VO) by gel (3DT2VO) and the additional value of 3DT1 with fat-suppression (3DT1FS) MRI in the diagnosis of vaginal endomet…

OBJECTIVE: Surgical management of deep endometriosis is associated with a high incidence of lower urinary tract dysfunction. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the rates of voiding dysfunction according…

AIM: Using a prospective database of discoid resection performed in two tertiary referral centres, the aim of this study is to assess the feasibility, short-term complication rates and clinical outcomes, including voiding dysfunction, of th…

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological condition that affects primarily young women. Imaging plays a pivotal role for the diagnosis and pre-surgical mapping of the disease. By comparison, the role of imaging in the identification of disea…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe complications following surgery for deep endometriosis (DE) without bowel involvement and to develop a nomogram for predicting postoperative complications. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary referr…