Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet · ISSN (e) 1806-9339 · 161 papers in corpus
review 2010
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032010000600008 ·PMID:20945016

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue, localized outside the uterine cavity, such as peritoneal surface, ovaries, and rectum-vaginal septum. The prevalence is about 6 to 10%. Concerning the etiopathogenesis, t…

observational 2010
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032010000800006 ·PMID:21180876

PURPOSE: to describe hysteroscopy findings in infertile patients. METHODS: this was a retrospective series of 953 patients with diagnosis of infertility evaluated by hysteroscopy. A total of 957 patients investigated for infertility were s…

other 2010
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032010000900005 ·PMID:21271149

PURPOSE: to evaluate the contribution of diagnostic laparoscopy to approach the infertile couple. METHODS: retrospective analysis of 86 consecutive cases of patients who were accompanied in the infertility appointments and were submitted t…

observational 2010
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032010000500008 ·PMID:21085755

PURPOSE: To compare the quality of life (QL) of women with and without chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and to investigate the factors associated with QL in women with CPP. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 30 women with CPP and 2…

observational 2010
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032010000600005 ·PMID:20945013

PURPOSE: to compare serum markers of oxidative stress between infertile patients with and without endometriosis and to assess the association of these markers with disease staging. METHODS: this was a prospective study conducted on 112 con…

other 2009
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032009000700005 ·PMID:19838580

PURPOSE: to evaluate the ovarian reserve of infertile patients with severe ovarian endrometriosis, submitted to excisional surgery of endometriomas and attended from February to November, 2008. METHODS: prospective study, including 30 pati…

observational 2009
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032009000900002 ·PMID:19876573

PURPOSE: to evaluate the repercussion of portal hypertension in the indexes of the ovarian, uterine and luteus body periphery arterial resistance, at the medium luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. METHODS: in an observational study with t…

diagnostic-accuracy 2008
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032008000800005 ·PMID:19142523

PURPOSE: to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of double contrast barium enema (DCBE) for the diagnoses of rectum and sigmoid endometriosis. METHODS: prospective transversal study including 37 pat…

other 2008
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032008000800007 ·PMID:19142525

PURPOSE: to evaluate the meiotic spindle and the chromosome distribution of in vitro mature oocytes from stimulated cycles of infertile women with endometriosis, and with male and/or tubal infertility factors (Control Group), comparing the …

case-report 2008
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032008000400002 ·PMID:19142487

PURPOSE: to present a series of cases of umbilical endometriosis in patients in reproductive age, with no previous pelvic surgery. METHODS: four patients aged between 33 and 43 years were included in the study. They all presented umbilical…

other 2008
doi:10.1590/s0100-72032008000800003 ·PMID:19142521

PURPOSE: the objective of the present study was the development of the Brazilian Portuguese version of Endometriosis Health Profile Questionnaire (EHP-30), the cross-cultural adaptation to Brazil and the evaluation of EHP-30 Portuguese psyc…