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Unidirectional barbed suture is widely used in minimally invasive procedures as a secure alternative to traditional knot tying. In this report, a 44-year-old female with endometriosis and complex gynecological history presented to our emerg…

Lesions from endometriosis contain endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. The lesions occur in the pelvis but are also found in the bowel, diaphragm, and pleural cavity. Endometriosis within the extraperitoneal abdominal …

Endometriosis is a benign, inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of dysfunctional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Typically confined to the pelvis, endometriosis is frequently associated with pain, dysmenorrhea, and infe…

We describe the case of a 32-year-old female who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 3-day history of severe epigastric abdominal pain accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and constipation. Past medical history was significant for…

Occasionally, endometriotic lesions precipitate mass effect or infiltrate the bowel wall, mimicking a neoplasm. In the index case, we evaluated a G0P0 41-year-old perimenopausal female with near obstructing sigmoid endometrioma, clinically …

A 41-year-old woman had a near-obstructing endometrioma involving the distal sigmoid colon treated with en bloc removal of the involved segment of colon and the adherent adnexa.

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is endometrial tissue located outside of the uterus. Endometriosis is rarely found in the appendix and can present very similar to acute appendicitis and is often indistinguishable on physical exam and imaging. The…

The finding of gallbladder polyps on imaging studies prompts further workup. Imaging results are often discordant with final pathology. The goal of this study is to compare polypoid lesions of the gallbladder found on preoperative ultrasoun…

Acute appendicitis remains the most common surgical emergency encountered by the general surgeon. It is most often secondary to lymphoid hyperplasia, however it can also result from obstruction of the appendiceal lumen by a mass. We sought …

This is a report of a 47-year-old woman with an asymptomatic clinical presentation of appendiceal intussusception secondary to endometriosis. Initially discovered during routine colonoscopy as a submucosal mass, it was ultimately diagnosed …

Malignant transformation is an infrequent complication of endometriosis. The ovary is the primary site in 79 per cent of cases, and extragonadal sites are identified in 21 per cent. Primary involvement of these types of tumors with the colo…

The purpose of this study was to examine the results of a single institution experience with hand-assisted laparoscopic colon resection for benign disease. We conducted a retrospective study of consecutive cases performed by experienced lap…