Philippe R. Koninckx

No ORCID on file · 149 papers in corpus · active 1978-2026

Study types

  • article 83
  • review 27
  • letter 14
  • book-chapter 8
  • editorial 7

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 136
  • infertility 17
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 12
  • dysmenorrhea 6
  • adenomyosis 6
  • bowel_endometriosis 3
  • dyspareunia 2
  • endometrioma 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
book-chapter 2008
Endometriosis
·doi:10.1002/9780470753354.ch44
letter 2008
Letter to the Editor
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2008.07.010
review 2008
Pathophysiology of Cyclic Hemorrhagic Ascites and Endometriosis
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2008.08.012
article 2008
Wilms' tumor gene 1 (WT1) overexpression in neurons in deep endometriosis: a pilot study
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.06.042
article 2007
Endometrial cells from women with endometriosis have increased adhesion and proliferative capacity in response to extracellular matrix components: towards a mechanistic model for endometriosis progression
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dem262

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, classified as the presence of endometrial cells in ectopic sites, is a debilitating disease causing pain and infertility in approximately 10% of women of reproductive age. It is associated with the aberrant expres…

book-chapter 2007
Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis
·doi:10.3109/9781439804292-11

The best treatment of endometriosis remains surgery. However, the surgery and definition of endometriosis have changed over time (Figure 8.1). For example, surgeons are more aware of the subtle appearance of endometriosis (Figures 8.2 and 8…

article 2007
Response
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2007.05.003
article 2007
Urological and colorectal complications following surgery for rectovaginal endometriosis
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01477.x

OBJECTIVES: To report the short- and medium-term complications of laparoscopic laser excisional surgery for rectovaginal endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: University teaching hospital, UK. POPULATION: A total of 12…

article 2006
Stromal cells from endometriotic lesions and endometrium from women with endometriosis have reduced decidualization capacity
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.046
article 2005
Allelic loss studies do not provide evidence for the “endometriosis-as-tumor” theory
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.982
book-chapter 2005
Laser surgery for endometriosis
·doi:10.1201/b14621-28
article 2005
Surgery for advanced endometriosis
letter 2004
Asymmetric Distribution of Sciatic Nerve Endometriosis
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/01.aog.0000112921.14894.04

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222 (Batt) KU Leuven, Belgium, and Oxford, United Kingdom (Koninckx)

article 2004
Pathogenesis of endometriosis of the sciatic nerve and peritoneal 'pocket sign'
book-chapter 2003
Endometriosis is a Surgical Disease
·doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0655-5_28
book-chapter 2003
Epidemiology of Endometriosis
·doi:10.1201/b14235-2

Endometriosis is still poorly understood despite a high and still increasing publication rate of over 500 articles a year, i.e. 455 426, 448, 504 and 534 in the last 5 years respectively. It is considered to be one of the most important cau…

review 2002
Laparoscopic surgery for subfertility associated with endometriosis
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd001398

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands or stroma in sites other than the uterine cavity. It is variable in both its surgical appearance and clinical manifestation often with poor correlation between the two. Surgica…

article 2002
The developments of an intuitive writing interface for endoscopic robot in endometriosis treatment

status: Published

article 2002
The function of extracellular and their receptors in the pathogenesis of endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03161-2
review 2001
Laparoscopic surgery for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd001300

OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. The review aims to compare the effectiveness of any laparoscopic procedure versus any other treatment modality, includ…

article 2000
The endometriotic disease theory
·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(00)81399-5
review 2000
Umbilical endometriosis after unprotected removal of uterine pieces through the umbilicus
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(00)80045-6
article 1999
Correlation between endometriosis and pelvic pain
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(99)80006-1
review 1999
Implantation versus Infiltration: The Sampson versus the Endometriotic Disease Theory
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000052853

It has been assumed that endometriosis is a progressive disease, with growth and development of lesions being inevitable once the disease has started. The implantation and the metaplasia theories describe the mechanism of initiation of endo…

review 1999
Pathogenesis of Endometriosis: The Role of Peritoneal Fluid
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000052856

Peritoneal fluid is a specific microenvironment. It originates mainly as an ovarian exudation product due to increased vascular permeability, and contains large amounts of macrophages and their secretion products, which include growth facto…