INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis affects 10% of reproductive-aged women and can be associated with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dyschezia, dysuria, and infertility. While the gold standard for diagnosis remains laparosco…
INTRODUCTION: Multidisciplinary tumor board conferences are used widely across oncologic specialties and reduce mortality and improve cross-disciplinary coordination. There has been less research on their impact for complex benign condition…
BACKGROUND: The lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is 1.9% among women with endometriosis compared with 1.3% among the general population. When an asymptomatic endometrioma is incidentally discovered on imaging, gynecologists must weigh the pr…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures women will undergo in their lifetime. Several factors affect surgical outcomes. It has been suggested that high-volume surgeons favorably affect outcomes a…
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to review patient characteristics and intraoperative findings for excised cases of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). STUDY DESIGN: A 12 year medical record search was performed for cases of excis…
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to describe trends in hysterectomy route at a large tertiary center. STUDY DESIGN: We reviewed all hysterectomies performed at Magee-Womens Hospital from 2000 to 2010. This database was chosen over…