Gynecologie, obstetrique & fertilite

OBJECTIVES: Laparoscopic surgery of deep endometriosis, including uterosacral ligament and rectal localisation, generally induces postoperative urinary disorders, caused by sacral plexus nerve lesions. However, during presurgical consultati…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the urinary side effects after laparoscopic surgery for deep endometriosis. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Longitudinal study including 86 patients operated for deep pelvic endometriosis : 58 (68%) with colorectal endometriosi…

This article aims at reviewing the literature in order to provide a summary of the actual knowledge about the clinical factors of the oocyte recipient (other than those affecting the morphology of the uterine cavity) influencing the outcome…

The diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen which was prescribed from 1941 onwards for the prevention of miscarriage. As well as a possible risk of cancer, another side effect of this treatment was the possible abnormality of the g…

We report the case of a 40-years-old woman who had a caeco-colic intussusception on a digestive endometriosis. Such exceptional association can be life-threatening, requiring urgent surgery.

Three GnRH agonists are currently available in France in clinical medicine with the indication: "Genital or extragenital endometriosis (from stage I to stage IV of the rAFS classification [4] )." The 2004 Cochran meta-analysis showed a sign…

Conflicting results have been published about intra-uterine insemination efficacy. In many studies, success rates is due to ovarian stimulation and number of follicles. In the present fight against multiple pregnancies, ovarian stimulation …

Endometriosis, defined by the development of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, is a benign disease responsible for infertility and pelvic pain. The diagnosis based on a detailed gynecological history and a careful clinical examination …

Endometriosis is a disease, which requires medication or surgery to be treated. However, it can be considered as a symptom psychoanalytically speaking. Before going further into the question from this point of view, let us examine some prol…

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a specific anticancer treatment that received significant interest in several medical and surgical disciplines. The technique is based on (i) the application of the photosensitizer that accumulates in a variabl…

We report the case of a young woman presenting with painful deep and rectal endometriosis. This condition had started long ago while the diagnosis had been delayed. Brutal colon occlusion followed the discontinuation of oral contraception. …

Autonomic nerve (sympathic and parasympathic) damage plays a crucial role in the aetiology of bladder dysfunction that occurs after resection of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (uterosacral ligaments, colorectal bowel, rectovaginal wall).…

OBJECTIVE: Parietal endometriosis is an uncommon pathology. It can occur on all the scars, most often after a surgical procedure with hysterotomy. Surgical scar endometriosis following caesarean section has an incidence of 0.03 to 0.4%. PA…

Relationship between infertility and endometriosis is still controversial. Many mechanisms have been reported such as anatomical disorders, biologic and cytological modifications of peritoneal liquid, functional ovarian and endometrial diso…

Endometriosis is a recurrent and painful disease which sometimes disturbs severely the quality of life of women who suffer from it. It is then logical to include a psychological back-up to its medical and surgical treatment. Nevertheless th…

Coaching is a well-known terminology and an approach currently used, particularly in the worlds of company management and sport, but its use in the medical field appeared only recently. In the latter field, coaching bears behavioral and psy…