Peter Movilla

Endometriosis involving the bowel is a severe form of the disease, and the bowel is the most common site of extragenital endometriosis. Surface lesions of the bowel are considered peritoneal disease. Bowel endometriosis (BE) is defined as e…

Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of endometrium-like glands and/or stroma outside the uterus, usually with an associated inflammatory process. Endometrioma, a common manifestation of endometriosis, typically presents…

Endometriosis is a chronic multisystem disease caused by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the endometrial canal, inciting inflammation and fibrosis. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and MRI have replaced diagnostic laparoscopy …

Patient-centered endometriosis management tailored to the individual patient's subset of symptoms often requires highly sensitive and specific preoperative imaging. In the setting of a present ongoing learning curve among radiologists who i…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Previous modeling data suggest ovarian conservation up to age 65 for women without adnexal disease and at average risk of ovarian cancer because of an increase in mortality associated with ovarian removal. Recent modeling…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess whether complications incurred during hysterectomy for the treatment of endometriosis differ among racial-ethnic groups. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: American College of Surgeons National Surgica…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To characterize obstetric outcomes for concomitant Asherman syndrome and adenomyosis. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A community teaching hospital affiliated with a large academic medical center. PATIENTS…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The current gold standard for diagnosing endometriosis is laparoscopy with tissue biopsy. This review presents new evidence regarding advanced imaging for more optimal clinical assessment and preoperative evaluation for e…

INTRODUCTION: The objective was to assess the cost-effectiveness Elagolix versus laparoscopic conservative surgery as the primary treatment of moderate to severe pain due to endometriosis. METHODS: A Markov model was developed comparing pri…