Benjamin Merlot
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· 88 papers in corpus
· active 2015-2026
Study types
- article 46
- review 10
- other 9
- preprint 6
- case-report 5
Condition tags
- endometriosis 77
- chronic_pelvic_pain 8
- bowel_endometriosis 8
- endometrioma 8
- infertility 7
- die_deep_infiltrating 5
- dysmenorrhea 4
- dyspareunia 3
- adenomyosis 2
- thoracic_endometriosis 2
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- Horace Roman 82
- Merlot B 69
- Thomas Dennis 38
- Roman H 31
- Darnaud T 28
- Isabella Chanavaz-Lacheray 20
- Adrien Crestani 20
- Damien Forestier 17
- Chanavaz Lacheray I 16
- Jean-Jacques Tuech 16
article
2020
STUDY QUESTION: What are the risk factors and prevalence of bowel fistula following surgical management of deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectosigmoid and how can it be managed? SUMMARY ANSWER: In patients managed for deep endometriosi…
article
2019
ObjectiveTo evaluate the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in the assessment of endometriosis.Material and methodsThis prospective study was performed during the diagnostic step or th…
review
2018
According to some studies, extragenital endometriosis represents 5% of the localisations. Its prevalence seems to be underestimated. The extra pelvic localisation can make the diagnosis more difficult. Nevertheless, the recurrent and catame…
review
2018
Minimal and mild endometriosis (stage 1 and 2 AFSR) can lead to chronic pelvic pain and infertility but can also exist in asymptomatic patients. The prevalence of asymptomatic patients with minimal and mild endometriosis is not clear but ty…
article
2018
STUDY QUESTION: What are fertility outcomes in patients surgically managed for large deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectum who intend to get pregnant postoperatively? SUMMARY ANSWER: Surgical management for rectal endometriosis is foll…
article
2018
First-line diagnostic investigations for endometriosis are physical examination and pelvic ultrasound. The second-line investigations are: targeted pelvic examination performed by an expert clinician, transvaginal ultrasound performed by an…
article
2018
First-line investigations to diagnose endometriosis are clinical examination and pelvic ultrasound. Second-line investigations include pelvic examination performed by a referent clinician, transvaginal ultrasound performed by a referent ech…
article
2018
ObjectiveTo report postoperative outcomes after surgery for deep endometriosis without involvement of the digestive or urinary tracts.DesignRetrospective study using data prospectively recorded in the North-West Inter Regional Female Cohort…
review
2018
The article presents French guidelines for surgical management of endometriosis. Surgical treatment is recommended for mild to moderate endometriosis, as it decreases pelvic painful complaints and increases the likelihood of postoperative c…
review
2016
Endometriosis is a frequent benign pathology that is found in 10-15% of women and in 20% of infertile women. It has an impact on fertility, but also in everyday life. If medical treatment fails, surgical treatment can be offered to the pati…
article
2016
ObjectivesTo compare robot-assisted laparoscopy (RL) and conventional laparoscopy (CL) in surgery for bladder endometriosis.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted between January 2007 and December 2013, including patients with bladder e…
article
2016
Deep infiltrating endometriosis is a frequent benign pathology that is found in 10-15% of fertile women and in 20% of infertile women. It has an impact on fertility but also on everyday life. In case of failure of medical treatment, surgica…
letter
2015