UNLABELLED: STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if laparoscopic treatment of ureteral endometriosis is feasible, safe, and effective and to determine if ureteral dilatation and/or the number of incisions increases complications. DESIGN: An instit…
BACKGROUND: A Spigelian hernia is a rare hernia through the Spigelian fascia between the rectus muscle and the semilunar line. This hernia is well known in surgery. Symptoms vary from insidious to localised pain, an intermittent mass and/or…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Urinary endometriosis accounts for 1% of all endometriosis where the bladder is the most affected organ. Although the laparoscopic removal of bladder endometriosis has been demonstrated to be effective in terms of symptom r…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare medium-term clinical outcomes and recurrence rates in the laparoscopic surgical management of bowel endometriosis comparing 3 different surgical techniques (shaving, discoid, and segmental resection). DES…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical presentation and long-term issues of adolescent endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Single private clinical center, Bordeaux, France. PATIENTS: Adolescents with a confirmed …
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of laparoscopic excision of lesions on deep endometriosis-related infertility. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Endometriosis tertiary referral center (Canadian Task Force II-2). PATIENTS: A g…
OBJECTIVE: To verify the hypothesis that in most patients bowel segmental resection to treat endometriosis can be safely performed without creation of a stoma and to discuss the limitations of this statement. DESIGN: Retrospective study (C…
In laparoscopy, specimens have to be removed from the abdominal cavity. If the trocar opening or the vaginal outlet is insufficient to pass the specimen, the specimen needs to be reduced. The power morcellator is an instrument with a fast r…
PURPOSE: Risk factors for post-surgical adhesions following gynaecological surgery have been identified, but their relative importance has not been precisely determined. No practical tool exists to help gynaecological surgeons evaluate the …
The present survey was conducted among gynaecological surgeons from several European countries to assess the actual knowledge and practice related to post-surgical adhesions and measures for reduction. From September 1, 2012 to February 6, …
Endometriosis is a chronic, multifactorial disease, which can impact significantly on a women's quality of life. It is associated with pelvic pain, dyspareunia and intestinal disorders, and can lead to infertility. The use of laparoscopic s…
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this prospective study was to compare the efficiency of two types of MRU after diuretic administration to identify the non-dilated ureter. METHODS: MR pelvic examinations were performed in 126 patients after receivin…
The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the feasibility of natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) techniques in 41 patients undergoing bowel resection for treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis. In all patients l…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To show a new technique of laparoscopic intracorporeal anastomosis for transrectal bowel resection with transvaginal specimen extraction, a technique particularly suited for treatment of bowel endometriosis. DESIGN: Step-b…
A recent study indicated that left-handed women have more than twice the risk of developing breast cancer before reaching the menopause than right-handed women 1. As a potential explanation, the authors suggest the existence of a prenatal i…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe a more conservative and less invasive surgical approach to laparoscopic colorectal segmental resection for treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: Video of elective sigmoidectomy to treat colorectal endometriosis. …