Patrick Petignat

Uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign tumour of the uterus in women of reproductive age. When removed surgically, a mini-invasive procedure is preferentially used (laparoscopic or robotic) and the extraction of the specimen can be man…

Study Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the association between uterine weight and operative outcomes in women undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy for a benign indication. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a randomized…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to review the records of patients with excised abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE) to determine patient characteristics, diagnostic methods, presence of concurrent pelvic endometriosis and type of s…

To confirm the origin of cancer found in both the endometrium and the myometrium is difficult. Cancer may spread from the endometrium into adenomyotic foci or vice versa. Also, premalignant changes may arise at either or both sites. Investi…

Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent inflammatory disease that is usually characterized by infertility and pain symptoms. This disease mainly occurs during the reproductive years and is rarely diagnosed after menopause. We discuss the physi…

BACKGROUND: Sexual function is an important aspect of health and quality of life and is influenced by both medical conditions and health-care interventions, especially when gynecologic disorders are involved. Coital pain is among the main f…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis-associated abdominal wall cancer (EAAWC) is rare, and few reports are available. This article provides a review of reports in the literature on the pathology, diagnosis, management, and outcome of patients with EAAW…

Endocrine disorders contribute to the pathology of approximately 8% to 12% of recurrent pregnancy losses. Because embryo attachment and early implantation are controlled by the local hormonal milieu, endocrine-related pregnancy failures are…

Pluchino, Nicola MD, PhD; Petignat, Patrick MD; Wenger, Jean-Marie MD Author Information

Endometriosis--the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity--is first suspected on the basis of its signs and symptoms. The diagnosis is confirmed by imaging and surgery. Imaging, particularly transvaginal ultrasonography a…

L'endometriosi è una patologia ginecologica dal decorso cronico.La capacità di metastatizazione, la possibilità di recidiva a livello locale e a distanza i fenomeni di neoangiogenesi sono alcune delle caratteristiche clinico-patologiche …

PURPOSE: To determine levator ani muscle complex anatomic findings in nulliparous patients at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examinations performed with opacification of the vagina and rectum with ultrasonographic gel. MATERIALS AND METHO…

OBJECTIVE: The challenges of imaging posterior deeply infiltrating endometriosis with MRI are to image a small anatomic area encompassing several thin fibromuscular anatomic structures such as uterosacral ligaments, and the vaginal and rect…

BACKGROUND: The development of a mass in a surgical scar poses a diagnostic dilemma due to similarities in appearance to hernias, abscesses, hematomas or desmoid tumors. Scar endometriosis is uncommon and malignant change within this ectopi…

Recent advance in laparoscopy have changed the surgical approach of endometrial cancer patients. The Swissendos Center, Fribourg, in collaboration with AGO (Groupe de travail pour la gynécologie oncologique) and AGE (groupe de travail pour …