Annales de chirurgie

In its extraovarian form, co-existence of carcinoma and endometriosis is a sufficient argument used in favour of the malignant transformation of endometric lesions. Estrogen as well as the loss of 5q chromosome heterozygosity are considerat…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms of bladder and ureteral endometriosis and to review the treatment approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective studyover the period November 1989-July 2000.…

Endometriosis is a rare entity, related after operation on the uterus or uterine tubes or a laparotomy procedures or other extrapelvic procedures, when seeding of endometrial fragments were shed into the peritoneal cavity. We report the cas…

Endometriosis occurs in 5 to 10% of the female population. Bowel involvement present in 6 to 30% of cases is predominantly localized in the pelvic parts of the colon and rectum, close to the uterus. The goal of this work was to describe the…

The authors report three cases of endometriosis of the rectus abdominis muscle, presenting as a mass of the abdominal wall associated with pain during menstruation in women with a history of cesarean section. Treatment consisted in wide sur…

ObjectiveAlthough hysterectomy for benign disorders is a routine and usually well-tolerated procedure, complications do occur, and the resulting morbidity rates are not negligible. The aim of this prospective study was to report perioperati…

Our objective was to determine the limits of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and the value of a preoperative scoring system to determine the operative approach to hysterectomy. Between January 1991 and December 1996, 152 o…

From October 1989 to September 1994 six resections of the bowel were performed for colorectal endometriosis. Five of, the patients, with a mean age of 32 years, presented clinical features. In all cases, colonoscopy showed a normal mucosa. …

Intestinal endosalpingiosis (ES) involving colon or small bowel is a rare, misleading disease. Two different aspects must be distinguished:--serosal involvement, more or less disseminated: this form is asymptomatic or associated with ascite…

A case of rectal endometriosis, presenting in the form of acute obstruction, is described. The primary diagnosis was malignancy, but endometriosis was discovered at emergency operation. The diagnosis and management of rectal endometriosis a…

The standard technique for total laparoscopic hysterectomy is characterised by two essential points. The first is that all instruments are reusable and the second is that hemostasis is ensured by bipolar coagulation. It is a safe technique …

Initially used exclusively for diagnosis, laparoscopy is now a surgical method in gynecology but also in many other specialties. In gynecology, the results of laparoscopic surgery are comparable to those obtained by laparotomy in many indic…

Patch repair using a PTFE prosthesis was performed in 111 patients over a 5-year period for treatment of incisional hernias (64 cases), inguinal hernias (41 cases, including 29 recurrences), umbilical hernias (4 cases), epigastric hernias (…

Two cases of catamenial pneumothorax are reported, a rare condition characterized by its sudden occurrence in a female patient between the ages of 30 and 40 years, always at the onset of the menstrual cycle. Its exact origin is unknown, but…

Excision of intestinal implants in association with ovarian conservative surgery appears to be a safe procedure in most cases of intestinal endometriosis. Newer surgical techniques (selective laser vaporisation of abnormal tissue), advances…

Pancreatic cystadenomas are infrequent cystic neoplasms which include 2 different lesions: microcystic cystadenomas and mucinous cystadenomas. Over a 37 year period, we observed 25 pancreatic cystadenomas: 15 microcystic cystadenomas and 10…