Uterine fibroids and adenomyosis are prevalent benign neoplasms that can lead to serious deleterious health effects including life-threatening anemia, prolonged menses, and pelvic pain; however, up to 40% of women remain undiagnosed. Tradit…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Evaluate inter-rater and intrarater reliability of a novel scoring tool for surgical complexity assessment of endoscopic hysterectomy. DESIGN: Validation study. SETTING: Academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS: Total of 11…
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…
Abdominal pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening variation of ectopic pregnancy that is often treated with laparoscopic management; however, we present a case successfully treated using only minimally invasive techniques. A 36-year-old fe…
Chronic pelvic pain is a common but poorly understood condition. CPP represents a constellation of symptoms, and is not a single disease entity. Its evaluation and management is often a complex process because there are many organ systems w…