Camran Nezhat

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery involves the introduction of instruments through a natural orifice into the peritoneal cavity to perform diagnostic and therapeutic surgical interventions. We report…

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of septic pelvic thrombophlebitis is frequently one of exclusion; a suspicion should arise when fever fails to respond to standard broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy and defervesces within 48 hours of the addition o…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate positive predictive value (PPV) of visual diagnosis at laparoscopy compared with biopsy findings according to severity of endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). S…

Laparoscopy allows for the comprehensive evaluation of the pelvis and uterus including confirmation of tubal patency and evaluation of tubo-ovarian relationships. Laparoscopy represents an effective alternative to artificial reproductive te…

OBJECTIVE: To review the malignant potential of endometriosis based on epidemiologic, histopathologic, and molecular data. DESIGN: Literature review. RESULT(S): The pathogenesis of endometriosis remains unclear. The histopathologic develo…

The identification of molecular differences in the endometrium of women with endometriosis is an important step toward understanding the pathogenesis of this condition and toward developing novel strategies for the treatment of associated i…

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and laparoscopy are not mutually exclusive, but coexisting and potentially complimentary treatments. For disease conditions contributing to infertility in addition to other concomitant or potential mor…

The most common site of extragenital endometriosis is the intestinal tract, which accounts for approximately 80% of all extragenital endometriosis. The symptoms of intestinal endometriosis are crampy pain, flatulence, painful tenesmus, hype…

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the role of MRI as a preoperative diagnostic tool for leiomyoma and adenomyosis. METHOD: This is a retrospective chart review at a university-based hospital. The study included 1517 women who underwent hysterectomy …

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery has revolutionized the concept of minimally invasive surgery for the last 3 decades. Robotic-assisted surgery is one of the latest innovations in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Already, many proced…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine our experience with laparoscopic and laparoscopically assisted management of bowel endometriosis and to recommend treatment approaches, considering patient goals for both pain mitigation o…

Intraoperative sigmoidoscopy is underused by the majority of practicing gynecologists and is not widely taught in obstetrics and gynecology training programs. In this report, a step-by-step approach is provided in order to perform sigmoidos…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To report the frequency and spectrum of histologically proved diseases of the appendix in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for chronic pelvic pain in conjunction with endometriosis in a tertiary referral center. DE…

Hepatic endometriosis is rare. Only 15 cases have been reported in the literature. All 15 were treated by laparotomy. We report two additional cases of hepatic endometriosis managed for the first time laparoscopically. Endometriosis is a pr…

OBJECTIVE: To report outcomes of laparoscopic management of patients with ovarian remnant (OR). DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Referral practice and tertiary medical center. PATIENT(S): Sixty-four patients with confirmed OR…

Recent advances in endoscopic surgical techniques and the increased sophistication of surgical instruments have offered new operative methods and techniques for the gynecologic surgeon (1). Recent years have witnessed a marked increase in t…