Michel Canis

ObjectiveTo evaluate in infertile women the benefit of laparoscopic surgical treatment of endometriosis.Patients and methodsAll infertile patients aged 18 to 43 years old, operated between February 2004 and March 2008, with a minimal follow…

Surgery remains the best treatment for deep endometriosis. The surgical technique is essential to adequately manage the disease; however, the technique is rarely taught and reported in detail. Laparoscopic cystectomy for the treatment of ov…

Abdominal wall endometriosis is unusual and mostly occurs in scars following Cesarean section. Although malignant transformation is rare, it must be recognized in order to benefit from radical resection. We report a very rare case of mixed …

Please cite this paper as: Kondo W, Bourdel N, Tamburro S, Cavoli D, Jardon K, Rabischong B, Botchorishvili R, Pouly J, Mage G, Canis M. Complications after surgery for deeply infiltrating pelvic endometriosis. BJOG 2011;118:292–298. Object…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the fertility status in women suffering from major postoperative complications following deep endometriosis surgery.Study designA retrospective study in teaching and research hospitals (tertiary centers) including 23 wo…

ObjectiveTo report a case of endometriosis degenerated into clear cell carcinoma with positron-emission tomography (PET) scan staging.DesignCase report.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)A 43-year-old woman diagnosed with endometriosis de…

CONTEXT: Only a few, small, human studies on E-cadherin and beta-catenin expression in normal cycling human endometrium have been reported. It remains unclear whether expression of these molecules might be altered in the endometrium of infe…

Thirty-one patients complaining of unexplained infertility for at least 36 months and diagnosed elsewhere were reassessed laparoscopically. After staining their pelvic peritoneum with concentrated methylene blue, they presented with extensi…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for the removal of normal ovarian tissue during laparoscopic cystectomy for endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 121 patients who had histologically confirmed ovarian endometriosi…

ObjectiveTo describe perioperative management and perinatal outcome for patients undergoing laparoscopy during pregnancy.Patients and methodsWe conducted a retrospective study of all cases of laparoscopy during pregnancy performed in our un…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate HOXA-10 expression in endometrium from infertile patients with different forms of endometriosis; with uterine fibromas, or with unexplained infertility and from normal fertile women. METH…

Endometriosis, a common gynecological disorder responsible for infertility and pelvic pain, is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma within extra-uterine sites. Gene expression studies performed on endometriotic tissue ho…