BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rates of ureteric injury among women undergoing hysterectomy. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SETTING: English National Health Service hospitals. POPULATION: Women undergoing hysterectomy in 2001-2010. METHODS: …

Schliep and colleagues (BJOG 2016; 124:220–9) have undertaken a pragmatic study to examine the reliability of endometriosis diagnoses by comparing 46 general gynaecologists with four gynaecologists with specific expertise in endometriosis. …

OBJECTIVE: To determine agreement on endometriosis diagnosis between real-time laparoscopy and subsequent expert review of digital images, operative reports, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and histopathology, viewed sequentially. DESIGN…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of single-dose intravenous dexamethasone on inflammatory responses, pain, nausea, and vomiting after uterine artery embolisation (UAE). DESIGN: Prospective, randomised, double-blind, and placebo-contro…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the management and long-term outcomes of transverse vaginal septae. DESIGN: Observational study with cross-sectional and retrospective arms. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre specialising in Müllerian anomalies. POP…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between caesarean section and later endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: The Swedish Patient Register (PAR) and the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (MBR). SAMPLE: Women who …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is found in 0.5-5% of fertile women and 25-40% of infertile women. It is known that endometriosis is associated with infertility, but there is uncertainty whether women with endometriosis have adverse pregnancy out…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate abortion practices of Nepali women requiring postabortion care. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Four tertiary-care hospitals in urban and rural Nepal. SAMPLE: A total of 527 women presenting with complic…

We retrospectively assessed pregnancy outcome in 419 women who achieved a first spontaneous singleton pregnancy after surgery for endometriosis. A miscarriage was observed in 87 of 419 women (20.8%) and an ectopic pregnancy in eight (1.9%).…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate rates of vesicovaginal and urethrovaginal fistula among women undergoing hysterectomy by indication and type of procedure, and to assess trends in risk over time. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort using data from Hospital…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the interferon-γ (IFN-γ) gene (CA)(n) repeat polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to endometriosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. POP…

BACKGROUND: deep endometriosis involving the bowel often is treated by segmental bowel resection. In a recent review of over 10000 segmental bowel resections for indications other than endometriosis, low rectum resections, in particular, we…

OBJECTIVES: To assess immunological variables, T-cell apoptosis and oxidative stress markers in the peripheral blood and peritoneal fluid of women with (WEN) and without (WWE) endometriosis. DESIGN: Observational and transverse case-contro…

Menorrhagia, or heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), is a common gynaecological condition. As the aim of treatment is to improve women's wellbeing and quality of life (QoL), it is necessary to have effective ways to measure this. This study inve…

Please cite this paper as: Wright J, Ballard K. The surgical management of rectovaginal endometriosis: plus ça change? BJOG 2011;118:274–277.

OBJECTIVE: To compare subtotal abdominal hysterectomy (SH) and total abdominal hysterectomy (TH) regarding influence on postoperative psychological wellbeing and surgical outcome measurements. DESIGN: A prospective, open, randomised multic…

OBJECTIVE: In women undergoing delivery by caesarean section, do the following alternative surgical techniques affect the risk of adverse outcomes: single- versus double-layer closure of the uterine incision; closure versus nonclosure of th…

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the complications after surgery for deep endometriosis. DESIGN: retrospective study. SETTING: data from the CHU Estaing database and patients' charts between January 1987 and December 2007. SAMPLE: all women given …

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively observe the changes occurring in endometrial glandular morphology during menstrual shedding and regeneration. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: The academic gynaecological endoscopy unit of a un…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to: (1) establish the typical experience of menstruation for senior high school girls and (2) determine how many experience considerable menstrual disturbance that could require further investigation and…

OBJECTIVE: To detect a direct transition from a haemorrhagic corpus luteum to an endometriotic cyst by serial transvaginal ultrasonographic scans. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: An academic tertiary care and referral ce…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and efficacy of long-term use of long-acting GnRH agonist in women with chronic cyclical pelvic pain using immediate versus delayed add-back hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). DESIGN: A prospective randomis…