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The relationship between ovarian cysts and infertility is a subject of debate, mainly because it is difficult to determine the real impact of the cyst and its treatment on later fertility. For a long time it was hoped that surgical treatmen…
Purpose This review focuses on the use of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, a typically marginalized class of drugs, and describes their role in the management of endometriosis, with special interest in 4 regions: Western …
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 …
Poilblanc, M.; Winer, N.; Bouvier, A.; Gillard, P.; Boussion, F.; Aubé, C.; Descamps, P. Author Information
OBJECTIVE: To describe a patient with a large endometrial cyst of the liver and review the literature concerning these rare lesions. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A 42-year-old nulligravid woman with a 22…
ObjectivesTo determine the effectiveness of a 6-month course of nafarelin in the treatment of stage III-IV endometriosis and to determine if pre-operative use of nafarelin facilitates surgery.DesignProspective, multicenter, clinical trial.S…
Summary: We report a case of sciatic nerve involvement with a hemorrhagic lesion of endometriosis, as demonstrated by MR. Endometriosis is a rare cause of sciatica. Since the case of endometriosis-induced sciatica reported by Schlicke in 19…
Sciatic nerve endometriosis is rare but must be included in the sciatic pain aetiology diagnosis. Typically the patient's sciatic pain is cyclic. Electromyography and computed tomographic scanning or nuclear resonance imagery contribute to …
This retrospective study of 340 hysterectomies carried out abdominally concern cases only where the pathology was benign and strictly limited to the body of the uterus. This has made it possible to review the 240 cases carried out for fibro…