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INTRODUCTION: Due to bowel endometriosis itself or its surgical management, various gastrointestinal symptoms can occur. One factor predisposing to the development of postoperative complaints may be low segmental rectal resection. OBJECTIV…

The genotype of our cells is almost the same for all cells in our body, but due to epigenetic effects, their phenotype can show significant differences. Epigenetics is a relatively new field of molecular biology that deals with the changes …

The case of a 50-year-old woman was presented, whose clinical examination first diagnosed subacute obstruction and then complete intestinal obstruction after several weeks of uncertain abdominal pain. Imaging examinations were inconclusive.…

Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease, hence the difficulty to explain its cause with a single factor. Since the causes of endometriosis are not clear, it is difficult to screen and treat the disease. Currently, the most common treatmen…

INTRODUCTION: Deep infiltrating endometriosis penetrates the peritoneal surface beneath 5 mm. The bowel is affected in 3-37% of the cases. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the authors was to analyze the results of the surgical procedures performed for…

Introduction: Physician-modified endografts are mainly used in urgent cases of aortic disease as an alternative to high-risk open surgical repair or in difficult anatomical configurations. Method: We present our initial experiences with phy…

Összefoglaló. Az ultrahang-elasztográfia az elmúlt évek során egyre növekvő figyelmet kapott a lágyszövetek elaszticitásának vizsgálatában. A módszer használatát az teszi szükségessé, hogy egyes, a mechanikai tulajdonságaikban különböző szö…

Abstract: Introduction: Bowel endometriosis is when endometrial-like tissue penetrates the bowel serosa, or it reaches the subserous neurovascular plexus. The effect of surgery for colorectal endometriosis on infertility and pregnancy is no…

The incidence of endometriosis, including atypical forms of the disease, has been continuously growing, thus increasingly challenging for the imaging specialists as well. We conducted a retrospective study to analyze the results of ultrasou…

Moderate thrombocytosis can accompany several diseases (bleeding, inflammation, iron deficiency, or autoimmune diseases), but hematologic examination is strongly recommended in a patient with persistent platelet count above 450 G/L unless r…

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: In the treatment of colorectal endometriosis a multidisciplinary laparoscopic resection is suggested, for this reason the correct selection of bowel infiltration is essential before surgery. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Betwee…

INTRODUCTION: A number of the patients suffer from endometriosis increased in the past decades and the cases have became more serious. The most critical complication of bowel endometriosis is the large bowel obstruction. Up to recently, 16 …

INTRODUCTION: Traditional surgeries performed in cases of deep infiltrating endometriosis lead to impaired quality of life. AIM: To summarize the postoperative outcome and to compare the rate of postoperative complications after different t…

INTRODUCTION: Due to significant technical evolution complex surgeries can be performed laparoscopically nowadays. However, laparotomy is needed frequently for the extraction of the specimen, which decreases the advantages of laparoscopy. …

Epigenetic effects influence the function of genes regulating the main physiological mechanisms. Some of these environmental factors may reduce or inhibit the function of these genes. The environmental effects on gene function may result in…

INTRODUCTION: Deep infiltrating endometriosis is a particular form of endometriosis that penetrates the peritoneal surface or it reaches the subserosal neurovascular plexus. AIM: The aim of the authors was to analyze the results of segmenta…

Hysterectomy is one of the most frequently performed gynecological operations. The most common indications for hysterectomy are symptomatic uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and uterine and pelvic organ prolapse. The procedure can be perform…

The authors report a case of a 27-year-old patient who had deeply infiltrating endometriosis involving the rectum, sigmoid colon and the rectovaginal septum, which was removed by laparoscopic surgery. During surgery the affected bowel segme…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is one of the most common gynaecological diseases affecting 70 million women worldwide. AIM: The aims of this study were to determinate the diagnostic delay of endometriosis, to assess the effectiveness of surgi…

UNLABELLED: Coeliac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy, sprue) is a chrocic disorder of the small bowel leading to malabsorption. AIMS: charts of all patients with coeliac disease treated at the 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis Un…

Surgical treatment of endometriosis aims to remove all visible areas of pelvic endometriosis and restore anatomy by division of adhesions, as well as relieve painful symptoms. In this paper, we summarize the advantages, disadvantages, and e…

Endometriosis (ectopic endometrial tissue) is a benign condition with many symptoms (e.g., infertility dysmenorrhoea, pelvic pain) and may lead to serious complications. It affects women of reproductive age, however, in rare cases it may al…

Primary adenocarcinoma of the rectovaginal septum is a rare clinical entity that arises in most of the cases from endometriosis. The authors report a successfully treated case of primary adenocarcinoma of the rectovaginal septum without ass…

There has been much debate of late about whether or not dioxin, an industrial toxin, could be a causative agent in the onset of endometriosis, a gynaecological disease associated with infertility and pain. Studies found either no difference…