Camran Nezhat

OBJECTIVE: To review the clinical presentations of and management options for diaphragmatic endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective review. SETTING: Referral center. PATIENT(S): Twenty-four women with endometriosis of the diaphragm. INTERV…

In Brief Objective To evaluate the long-term pain reduction achieved by laparoscopic presacral neurectomy. Methods One hundred seventy-six women with median (range) age 30 (18–45) years underwent presacral neurectomy combined with excision …

We report the case of a patient with pelvic endometriosis and recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces who had thoracotomy and diagnostic laparoscopy, with subsequent acute pulmonary edema. Potential causes are discussed. After a thorough liter…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of the laparoscopic approach for the diagnosis and treatment of severe urinary tract endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective review of 28 cases of severe urinary tract endometriosis. SETTING: Center for Sp…

As with other organs, the etiology of bowel endometriosis is unknown. Its occurrence was reported as early as 1922 by Sampson. Following his investigation of nineteen cases, he proposed that "implantation adenoma of endometrial type of some…

Laparoscopic surgery offers the most effective form of treatment for women with severe endometriosis. The development of advanced laparoscopic techniques allows complete removal of deeply infiltrating lesions. Implants can be laparoscopical…

Nezhat, Farr; Nezhat, Camran; Nezhat, Ceana H.; Levy, Jeffrey S.; Smith, Edith; Katz, Leslie Author Information

Journal Article Classification of endometriosis:Improving the classification of endometriotic ovarian cysts Get access Camran Nezhat, Camran Nezhat 3 1Center for Special Pelvic Surgery555 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, NE, Suite 276, Atlanta, GA …

To determine the usefulness of noninvasive clinical tests to diagnose symptomatic endometriosis, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 91 patients with chronic pelvic pain and laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis. Thirty-se…

This report describes the diagnosis and management of a noncommunicating rudimentary horn complicated by severe pelvic pain and associated endometriosis. This condition was diagnosed by simultaneous laparoscopic and hysteroscopic examinatio…

We used a new laparoscopic technique to treat infiltrative symptomatic intestinal endometriosis. Eight women, ages 29-38, with extensive symptomatic pelvic endometriosis were included in this series. All were diagnosed as having severe pelv…

With the advent of minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques, most gynecologic procedures for benign conditions can be performed in an outpatient setting. However, the role of such techniques in gynecologic oncology is not well defined. By…

Laparoscopic surgery is not a new idea, but it has only recently found widespread acceptance. The introduction of technological advances such as improved light sources, lasers and video capability has made laparoscopy a surgical technique t…