Arnaud Wattiez

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the accuracy of MRI using pelvic-phased-array and endocavitary coils in detecting intestinal wall invasion by an endometriotic nodule. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-seven pa…

OBJECTIVE: With the increasing number of operative laparoscopies performed for the treatment of deep pelvic endometriosis, technical difficulties and risk of complications inevitably increase. We report our experience using JJ stents, in wo…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Ureteral endometriosis is rare, accounting for less than 0.3% of all endometriotic lesions. The aim of our study is to evaluate the prevalence of extrinsic ureteral endometriosis in women undergoing laparoscopic surgery for…

OBJECTIVE: To identify any relationship between cyclooxygenase-2 expression and the intensity of severe, endometriosis-related dysmenorrhea. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Patients with deep endometr…

The laparoscopic management of ovarian endometrioma was reported more than 15 years ago. An anonymous survey conducted among gynaecologists in the UK showed that 50% of ovarian endometrioma are still managed by laparotomy. This surprising r…

Objective To review and to discuss the current approaches which may be proposed to prevent adhesions in the surgical management of pelvic endometriosis. Methods The current literature was reviewed using a Medline search and data from the Co…

Three surgical units were involved in a prospective comparative study: the Pavillon Paul Gellé in Roubaix, France for vaginal hysterectomies; the Hôtel Dieu Polyclinic in Clermont-Ferrand, France for total percoelioscopic hysterectomies; an…

BACKGROUND: Ovarian response during IVF cycles after laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy for endometriotic cysts >3 cm is controversial. A retrospective study was designed to study this problem. METHODS: At laparoscopy, endometriomas >3 cm wer…

Colo-rectal endometriosis requiring colon resection are reported in 8 patients to illustrated the diagnostic and therapeutic problems encountered in the management of this uncommon localisation. Pericatamenial or catamenial bowel symptoms a…

Using technological progress, laparoscopic lymphadenectomy is becoming the standard for staging of pelvic cancer. In the same way more extensive procedures such as para-aortic lymph nodes dissection and radical hysterectomy have been demons…

From their experience and from data in the literature, the authors try to define the respective place of the different treatments for endometriosis, especially those of operative laparoscopy. In cases of endometriosis-associated infertility…

From January 1989 to December 1990, 196 patients were treated by hysteroscopic endometrial resection for abnormal uterine bleeding. A survey in February 1993 revealed a satisfaction rate of 82%. Persistence of abnormal bleeding after resect…

OBJECTIVE: Study of factors affecting risk of failure after hysteroscopic endometrial resection. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective study of 196 patients treated by hysteroscopic endometrial resection for abnormal uterine bleeding from January 1…