Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction

The authors share their experience in the use of the CO2 laser, over 10 years. Three main indications for the CO2 laser in operative laparoscopy are examined: adhesiolysis, neosalpingostomy and endometriosis. The CO2 laser presents a number…

The authors report a case of uterine leiomyomas diagnosed during the first trimester of pregnancy. The most unusual presentation of this observation did not allow any diagnosis through clinical exam, either by sonographic and X ray technics…

Luteinization of a follicle without its rupture and without the oocyte being expelled which is also called the LUF-syndrome by English speaking authors is one of a number of functional abnormalities that can occur to the follicle in the ova…

The authors report a new case of menstrual pneumothorax and pelvic endometriosis which was discovered at this time. In this case (because of the presence of lesions suggesting the condition on thoracotomy) the probable mechanism thought to …

In order to adequately assess the effectiveness of danazol, gestrinone, buserelin-nasal spray (IN) and buserelin-implant (SC), a prospective non randomized study was initiated in 178 patients with laparoscopically confirmed ovarian endometr…

The effectiveness of systemic corticosteroids in the prevention of adhesion formation and reformation has been recently questioned, on the grounds of non randomized studies. Noxythiolin has been tried in animal experiments, but never in the…

The progressive improvements in the results and extra simplification of the recent techniques for in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer (IVFET) have contributed to broadening the indications for this method of assisted reproduction. En…

A clustering of radiologic signs is associated with the presence of ovarian and/or peritoneal endometriosis: some indicate fibrosis of utero-sacral ligaments (isthmic dissection of the uterus, fixed retroversion); others are linked to patho…

The study was carried out on 175 patients who underwent laparoscopy together with search for chlamydia in the peritoneal fluid when they were having investigations for sterility or for pelvic pain. These patients are classified into three g…

Fifty-four patients who had consulted because of their sterility had a laparoscopy carried out with bacteriological, cytological and biochemical studies of the peritoneal fluid as well as a histological assessment of the peritoneal adhesion…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate comparatively the morphology of germinal epithelium and of peritoneal mesothelial cells in women with and without endometriotic foci. In women without enometriotic foci, transmission electron micros…

The physiopathology and the role of endometriosis in infertility is still unclear. The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) could be a good model for the understanding of etio-pathology and treatment when fecundity is desired. We compare res…

The 100 fallopian tubes had been obtained from women whose mean age was 30 and whose mean period of amenorrhea was 38 days. Each fallopian tube gave rise to at least sixteen samples and was sectioned if necessary several times. There had be…

The authors report on the different aspects they have observed when they studied 300 case histories of patients who had a histological examination of the endometrium for menorrhagia or metrorrhagia. In 9.9% of the cases the endometrium was …

The authors present a rare case of pseudocystic degeneration of fibroids for which they had used an ultrasound scan before the operation. They point out that the ultrasound pictures they found were very similar indeed to those shown by pati…

215 women who had tubal pregnancy were treated by total salpingectomy at the University Hospital Port-Royal between the 1st January 1977 and the 30th January 1986. All of these had histological examination of the tube in which the pregnancy…

Three cases of endometriosis of the cervix in association with the results of previous studies on the embryogenesis of the uterus made it possible during a morphological study for the authors to hypothesise that cervical endometriosis could…

A case of painful pelvic splenosis is reported. This diagnosis concerns a patient suffering from pelvic pain who had had a splenectomy done thirteen years earlier. Two complementary examinations allowed us to make a precise pre-operatory di…

To study the effect of endometriosis on follicular rupture, endometrial tissue was autografted to New Zealand White rabbits. Endometrium was surgically implanted into the peritoneal cavity. Human chorionic gonadotropin was administered to i…

The management of advanced ovarian carcinoma (stages IIb, III, IV) is presented together with the results of treating a series of 65 patients at Gustave-Roussy Institute. The response rate was 43 p. cent with 16 complete remissions and 12 p…

The authors have studied the embryology of the uterus and have studied the comparative morphology of the internal foci of endometriosis, as well as the endometrium itself during the menstrual cycle. These studies have led them to think that…