Redwine DB

The visual appearance of endometriosis is important because every intellectual and therapeutic process begins with a surgeon identifying disease. Inaccurate identification of disease can introduce selection bias at a firstorder level and co…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of chronic inflammation of the pelvic peritoneum, systemic inflammation and autoimmunity in chronic pelvic pain and to explore the significance of these findings and assess the response to treatment wi…

Endometriosis can have very subtle visual appearances. All theories of origin imply some early and presumably tiny form of the disease which potentially cannot be detected by the unaided human eye. A review of the literature indicates that …

ObjectiveTo describe symptoms, surgical diagnosis and treatment, and long-term outcome of patients with symptomatic diaphragmatic endometriosis.DesignObservational follow-up study.SettingAmerican tertiary referral center for the surgical tr…

ObjectiveSampson's theory of reflux menstruation suggests that endometriosis is one form of a condition known as an autotransplant. This study seeks to characterize autotransplants as they are described in the literature and to determine wh…

ObjectiveTo evaluate symptom relief following a laparoscopic technique designed for treatment of complete obliteration of the cul-de-sac associated with endometriosis, with fertility preserved.DesignPreoperative and postoperative questionna…

ObjectiveTo describe a computerized pelvic mapping system for pelvic and intestinal endometriosis and preliminary insights gained from it with respect to the effects of ovarian disease.DesignContemporaneous computerized tabulation of pelvic…

OBJECTIVE: To compare three methods of segmental lower colon resection for treatment of symptomatic intestinal endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective case study. SETTING: Private practice patients in a rural community hospital. PATIENTS: P…

Ovarian remnant syndrome is a rare complication of total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO). Ovarian enlargement and dense periovarian adhesions are the predisposing factors. Recurrent ovarian remnant syndrome …

Intestinal and urinary tract involvement by endometriosis may be symptomatic, particularly when invasive disease is present. Even in expert hands, complete excision of all invasive disease cannot be accomplished laparoscopically in every ca…

Presacral neurectomy has been advocated for severe dysmenorrhea when medical therapy fails to provide adequate relief. However, there are concerns regarding efficacy and the potential for postoperative complications. In order to address the…

OBJECTIVE: To identify the clinical characteristics and response to surgical treatment of endometriosis-associated pain in castrated women. METHODS: In a prospective, longitudinal observational study, 75 patients with previous castration ha…

To determine the accuracy of postoperative recall of preoperative pain, this prospective, longitudinal study was conducted by a general gynecologist in private practice at a referral center. Before excision of endometriosis at laparoscopy o…