Christine Ploger

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2016
Assessment of pelvic floor muscles in women with deep endometriosis
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-016-4025-x

PURPOSE: To assess function and prevalence of spasms and trigger points of the pelvic floor muscles in women with deep endometriosis. METHODS: One hundred and four (104) patients were assessed. Group 1 (G1) was composed of 52 subjects diag…

case-report 2016
Vascular entrapment of the sciatic plexus causing catamenial sciatica and urinary symptoms
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-015-2777-7

AIM OF THE VIDEO / INTRODUCTION: Pelvic congestion syndrome is a well-known cause of cyclic pelvic pain (Ganeshan et al., Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 30(6):1105-11, 2007). What is much less well known is that dilated or malformed branches o…

case-report 2012
Sacral nerve infiltrative endometriosis presenting as perimenstrual right-sided sciatica and bladder atonia: case report and description of surgical technique
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2012.02.001

Endometriosis infiltrating the sacral nerve roots is a rarely reported manifestation of the disease. The objectives of this article are to report such a case and to describe the surgical technique for laparoscopic decompression of sacral ne…