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Although exceptional, endometriotic lesions of the troncular nerves of the lower limb may occur and are often diagnosed with delay. We report, hereby, the first case of femoral nerve endometriosis the treatment of which consisted of radical…

STUDY QUESTION: How do fully-comprehensive patient-centred descriptions of the symptoms of endometriosis compare with the physicians' description of the symptoms? SUMMARY ANSWER: The description of the painful symptoms due to endometriosis …

ObjectivesProspective evaluation of symptoms and quality of life before and after surgical treatment of endometriosis with bowel involvement.Patients and methodsChanges in symptoms, sexuality and quality of life before and after surgery of …

ObjectiveTo evaluate the fertility status in women suffering from major postoperative complications following deep endometriosis surgery.Study designA retrospective study in teaching and research hospitals (tertiary centers) including 23 wo…

ObjectivesThe aim of this work was to develop a French version of an English quality of life questionnaire specific of endometriosis: endometriosis health profile 5.Materials and methodsAfter many translations and reverse translations, we g…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to show the treatment outcome in women affected by bladder endometriosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective review of records of 24 women with deep vesical endometriosis treated between 1998 and 2007. RESULTS:…

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction - Vol. 38 - N° 5 - p. 404-410

ObjectivesLaparoscopic surgery of deep endometriosis, including uterosacral ligament and rectal localisation, generally induces postoperative urinary disorders, caused by sacral plexus nerve lesions. However, during presurgical consultation…

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction - Vol. 26 - N° 4 - p. 386

We report the case of a 40-years-old woman who had a caeco-colic intussusception on a digestive endometriosis. Such exceptional association can be life-threatening, requiring urgent surgery.

ObjectivesTo evaluate fertility outcome after laparoscopic management of endometriosis in an infertile population.Materials and methodsA retrospective analysis of 64 patients presenting more than one year infertility and a pregnancy-wish as…

No symptom is pathognomonic for endometriosis. Main symptoms are pain (chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, pain on defecation, cyclic pain) and infertility (grade C). There is no relation between rAFS endometriosis classifi…

ObjectiveTo evaluate risks and benefits of laparoscopic surgery of deep endometriosis, especially with bowel involvement with the aim of improve the inform consent of patients and choice of adequate management.Patients and methodsObservatio…

Our objective was to determine the limits of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and the value of a preoperative scoring system to determine the operative approach to hysterectomy. Between January 1991 and December 1996, 152 o…

We report the limits, complications, subsequent fertility and outcome of pregnancies after laparoscopic myomectomy. From January 1990 to October 1995, 143 patients underwent a first laparoscopic approach to myomectomy. A total of 41 patient…