OBJECTIVE: To report our experience in patients with previous IVF failures who conceived after laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING: Tertiary center IVF and endoscopy programs. PATIENT(S): I…
BACKGROUND: Extragenital endometriosis is an uncommon condition that can affect almost any organ system and tissue in the human body. Disease involving multiple distant sites is extremely uncommon. METHODS: We report a rare case of synchro…
Many will agree that the use of laparoscopy to diagnose and potientially treat endometriosis in patients who suffer from infertility has been superseded by IVF and sometimes oocyte donation, especially in older patients. The findings of our…
Clinical and basic science research in endometriosis has been severely hampered by the lack of accurate noninvasive diagnostic tools. The advent of powerful genomic and proteomic technology may help elucidate the etiology and pathophysiolog…
OBJECTIVE: To report a series of laparoscopic vesicopsoas hitch procedures performed for the treatment of infiltrative ureteral endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 6 women with severe endometriosis and ureteral obstruct…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To report the outcome of rigid sigmoidoscopy during operative laparoscopy in patients at high risk for rectosigmoid and large bowel injury. DESIGN: Prospective patient database with retrospective chart review (Canadian Tas…
BACKGROUND: Vascular injury is the most urgent type of trauma at laparoscopy. It is thought that the rate of vascular injury may increase as the complexity of laparoscopic surgery increases. To our knowledge, this is the first report of lap…
OBJECTIVE: To report laparoscopic management of 15 patients with infiltrative bladder wall endometriosis and to report a case of endometrioid adenosarcoma. DESIGN: Prospective chart review. SETTING: Referral center for endometriosis. PAT…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate mRNA expression of metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) in ectopic endometriosis tissue and uterine endometrium from women with and without endometriosis throughout the m…
Objective: To report the surgical technique and pregnancy outcome in a series of patients with adenomyosis. Methods: This is an observational study of patients who underwent laparoscopy or laparoscopically assisted cytoreductive surgery for…
Objective: To report histologic discrepancies of obviously abnormal-appearing appendixes in a series of patients who had laparoscopic appendectomy. Representative samples of color pictures and histology will be presented. Method: A retrospe…
Objective: To evaluate the efficiency and safety of rigid sigmoidoscopy during operative laparoscopy in patients at high risk for rectosigmoid and large bowel disease or injury. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 262 women treated…
OBJECTIVE: To report the technique and outcome of a laparoscopic vesicopsoas hitch used for the treatment of infiltrative ureteral endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: A tertiary care center. PATIENT(S): A 36-year-old woman with …
Objective: To assess the long-term genitourinary and gastrointestinal complaints following presacral neurectomy.Design: A prospective postoperative follow-up of patients who underwent laparoscopic presacral neurectomy and treatment of endom…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the protein expression of GnRH in the endometrium of fertile patients throughout the menstrual cycle. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal study. SETTING: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Reproductive Immunol…