Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

STUDY SUBJECT: To investigate the impact of preoperative hormonal medication, including combined oral contraceptives or dienogest, on operative findings in ovarian endometrioma surgery. DESIGN: A single-center, retrospective study. SETTIN…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Assess the surgical site infection (SSI) risk of clean benign gynecologic laparoscopy for endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SETTING: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program hospitals, 2019 to 2022. PATIE…

OBJECTIVE: The evolution of nerve-sparing surgery has been supported by a growing body of literature on anatomic details, dissection techniques, and functional outcomes, suggesting that nerve-sparing surgery for deep endometriosis (DE) redu…

OBJECTIVE: The da Vinci SP Surgical System (SP) received regulatory approval for use in gynecological surgeries in Japan in 2023. Given the advantages of the precision of a robot, less pain, and the cosmesis of single-port surgery, the da V…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the time to place temporary bilateral stents with indocyanine green (ICG) injection, time to intra-operative identification of bilateral ureters - with and without the use of ICG, and number of times for ICG …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyze trends in surgical management of uterine fibroids and identify factors influencing surgical decisions among Chinese women over the past decade. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Four campuses of Tong…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of virtual versus in-person preoperative evaluation on perioperative complication rates in a minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS) practice. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Quat…

OBJECTIVE: To report our 3-year institutional experience of total laparoscopic (TL) segmental sigmoid colon/rectal resection for treatment of bowel endometriosis (BE). DESIGN: The TrEnd trial is a single-institutional retrospective/prospec…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To develop a translation model of the #Enzian classification into a 4-stage system and to evaluate its performance in a retrospective endometriosis cohort. DESIGN: Feasibility study consisting of 2 parts: First, the alloca…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present and compare transvaginal ultrasound guided versus laparoscopic ethanol sclerotherapy (EST) techniques. DESIGN: Step-by-step video demonstration of both sclerotherapy techniques. SETTING: A university hospital's…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine real-world treatment patterns for endometriosis and their alignment with clinical best-practice recommendations. DESIGN: Observational, retrospective study from 2009 to 2022. SETTING: Two large US health insura…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate national trends in the surgical volume of benign hysterectomies and trends in the percentage of benign hysterectomies performed by gynecologic oncologists (GOs) in the United States through analysis of the Natio…

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the association between symptoms and the site of endometriosis lesions using machine learning analysis. DESIGN: retrospective study. SETTING: Two tertiary hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 726 patients undergoing…