William Kondo

Fast-track (FT), also known as enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), is an integrated management of patients undergoing surgery, which is focused on optimal recovery and improvement of the overall quality of care. Minimally invasive surge…

Endometriosis is a benign gynecologic disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. The complexity of the disease results from its multiple clinical presentations, the multifocal pattern of distribu…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the technique of laparoscopic double discoid resection with a circular stapler for bowel endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report (Canadian Task Force classification III). SETTING: Private hospital in Curitiba, P…

Introduction: Spontaneous rupture of the bladder is a rare condition that is usually secondary to an underlying pathologic process. We report a rare case of spontaneous bladder rupture due to endometriosis in a young woman.

PURPOSE: To correlate preoperative serum cancer antigen 125 (Ca-125) levels and laparoscopic findings in women with pelvic pain symptoms suggestive of endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted including all women with pel…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the length of hospital stay (LOS) and the readmission rate in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery to treat intestinal deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with application of the concepts of fast-track sur…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the presence of ureteral involvement in deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) affecting the retrocervical area. DESIGN: Retrospective study of women undergoing laparoscopic treatment of DIE affecting the retroc…

The surgical treatment of intestinal deep infiltrating endometriosis has an associated risk of major complications such as dehiscence of the intestinal anastomosis, pelvic abscess, and rectovaginal fistula. The management of postoperative r…

The surgical treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis is challenging and complex. Currently, the gold standard for patient care is the referral to tertiary centers with a multidisciplinary team including gynecologists, colorectal surgeo…

Abstract PURPOSE: To evaluate the association between ovarian endometrioma and the presence of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions in a sample of women of the South of Brazil. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in all wo…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the association between ovarian endometrioma and the presence of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions in a sample of women of the South of Brazil. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in all women unde…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the anatomical distribution of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions in a sample of women from the South of Brazil. METHODS: A prospective study was conducted on women undergoing surgical treatment for DIE from…

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a distribuição anatômica das lesões de endometriose profunda infiltrativa (EPI) em uma amostra de mulheres do Sul do Brasil. MÉTODOS: Foi conduzida uma análise prospectiva das mulheres submetidas a tratamento cirúrgico de …

Purpose: Endometriosis affects a large number of reproductive age women. Clinical manifestations of the disease are cyclic pelvic pain and infertility. W omen with endometriosis usually seek medical advice from a gynecologist for their symp…

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to compare the surgical outcomes of standard and reverse laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in a teaching and research h…

Endometriosis usually affects reproductive-aged women and can be responsible for pain symptoms and infertility. Deep infiltrating endometriosis may involve the uterine ligaments (utero-sacral and/or round ligaments), the retrocervical area,…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of anti-TNF-α in the treatment of endometrial implants in the peritoneum of rats. METHODS: Endometrial implants were surgically induced in 120 female Wistar-Albino rats. The animals were randomly divided i…

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of bone marrow derived-mononuclear stem cells transplantation in the growth, VEGF-R and TNF-alpha expression of surgically induced endometriosis in an experimental model. STUDY DESIGN: This is an experimental…

Surgery remains the best treatment for deep endometriosis. The surgical technique is essential to adequately manage the disease; however, the technique is rarely taught and reported in detail. Laparoscopic cystectomy for the treatment of ov…