Philippe Van Trappen

Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is a severe form of endometriosis, with endometriotic implants that can invade several anatomical structures. The urinary tract is the second most common site for deep endometriosis with ureteral endome…

The application of indocyanine green (ICG) has recently been reported to aid in the resection of endometriosis in the bladder wall and/or involving the ureters. A symptomatic 41-year-old patient with dysmenorrhea and pollakisuria was referr…

ObjectiveDiscrepancies exist among international guidelines on the surgical staging of para-aortic lymph nodes in locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC), varying from considering a para-aortic lymph node dissection, at least up to the infe…

BACKGROUND: Economic data and the clinical impact of introducing robotic-assisted hysterectomy in a European setting are scarce with conflicting findings. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, the cost and complication rate of the di…

Hysterectomy for benign gynecological conditions has been offered to women throughout the last century for many reasons and performed using various different surgical techniques. Formerly, the vaginal route for hysterectomy was thought to b…

To date, numerous genes have been identified which are involved in both tumour neovascularisation (angiogenesis) and tumour cell invasion, and most of them are also expressed to some extent under normal physiological conditions. However, li…