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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…
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…
In endometriosis patients with obliteration of the cul-de-sac, laparoscopic en block resection of the uterosacral ligaments, posterior cervix, cul-de-sac, and bowel wall efficiently removes invasive disease.
Patients with symptomatic endometriosis of the colon and distal small bowel usually present with crampy abdominal pain, pelvic and rectal pain, constipation, and dyspareunia. Superficial disease can be easily resected laparoscopically with …
We report a technique for laparoscopic segmental resection of the sigmoid colon. A 30.73-year-old nulligravida complained of pelvic pain, abdominal bloating, intestinal cramping, and painful bowel movements. Examination revealed significant…
Defined criteria were used to select small samples of visually normal study peritoneum for serial section light microscopy in 45 patients with biopsy-proven endometriosis and 10 patients without endometriosis. A glandular element compatible…
A 33-year-old woman, para 1001, had pain in the inner right thigh and proximal right leg weakness. At surgery a locally invasive, fibrotic lesion was found encircling the right ureter, right internal iliac vein and obturator nerve. It exten…