Ballester M

ObjectivesTo determine the value of postcontrast MR imaging (MRI) in cases of suspected pelvic endometriosis by assessing interobserver variability of MR imaging according to the endometriotic locations.MethodsThis retrospective study inclu…

ObjectiveTo determine whether the surgical route of colorectal resection for endometriosis is a determinant factor for fertility.DesignProspective study.SettingTertiary-care university hospital.Patient(s)Fifty-two patients with endometriosi…

A specific statistical tool (the cumulative summation test for learning curve or LC-CUSUM) was used to monitor the learning curve of four trainees for the diagnosis of endometriomas by transvaginal ultrasound. A large intertrainee variabili…

BACKGROUND: Although several scoring systems have been published to evaluate the pregnancy rate after ICSI-IVF in infertile patients, none of them are applicable for patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) nor can they evaluate …

ObjectiveTo evaluate urinary symptoms before and after colorectal resection for endometriosis using validated questionnaires.Study designWe randomly assigned 52 patients with colorectal endometriosis to undergo laparoscopically assisted or …

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this prospective study were to evaluate fertility, pregnancy outcomes and their determinant factors after laparoscopic segmental colorectal resection for endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: We studied 83 women who underwent…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependant disease that affects 10 to 15% of women of reproductive age. Its aetiology and molecular mechanisms involved have not yet been fully explored. Endometriosis is defined by the presence of endometrium-li…

BackgroundRadical en bloc hysterectomy and colorectal resection (REHCR) is the ultimate and radical surgery for extensive pelvic endometriosis. Our aims were to evaluate feasibility, quality of life, and urinary function after REHCR by lapa…

Study objectiveTo estimate the association between urinary symptoms and quality of life in patients with posterior deep-infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with anatomical locations of endometriosis.DesignProspective nonrandomized study (Canad…

OBJECTIVE: We report the first randomized trial of laparoscopically assisted versus open colorectal resection for endometriosis focusing on perioperative complications, improvement in symptoms, quality of life, and fertility. SUMMARY OF BAC…

This retrospective study of women undergoing IVF (29 with colorectal endometriosis, 157 with tubal factor infertility, and 340 with male factor infertility) found similar fertility outcomes between the groups.

BACKGROUND: Thin-section oblique axial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful in staging endometrial and cervical carcinomas but there are no data on its contribution to assessing deep endometriosis. We evaluated the contribution of thi…

High recurrence rates have been reported in women treated for endometriosis despite advances in medical and surgical treatments improving both fertility and symptoms. It should therefore be considered a chronic disorder. In this particular …

Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition affecting 10 to 15% of the female population. Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is diagnosed in 20% of women with endometriosis. Moreover, bowel endometriosis is found in five to 12% of…

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the relationship between the severity of dysmenorrhea and endometrioma. METHODS: Descriptive study with prospective design. Two hundred and thirty-nine women with histologically proved endometriomas. The severity of …