Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction

The authors have carried out a prospective study from the 1 January 1977 to the 31 December 1981 on 168 women, 89.3% of whom (150/168) had pure distal tubal microsurgery and 10.7% (18/168) had mixed surgery. The results were studied in rela…

The study of tubal cytosol receptors for estradiol and progesterone shows that they are (in comparison with normal tubes) less in number in post-infection cases (proximal or distal) and increased in number in proximal endometriotic lesions.…

We have studied the effects on sperm motility in peritoneal fluid taken from fertile women at different times of the cycle as well as from sterile women in the pre-ovulatory phase. We have compared the effects on the movement of sperms in p…

Peritoneal fluid from sterile women where the state of the pelvis is changed by endometriosis, inflammation, infection, and in certain cases where it appears normal laparoscopically, can immobilise spermatozoa in minutes or hours. This toxi…

24 patients who had more than two years of infertility were checked by laparoscopic and hormone (plasma progesterone) tests at the 21st-23rd day of the cycle. Two comparable groups were found: Group A with no visible endometriosis, and Grou…

The authors report a case history of a tubal choriocarcinoma occurring in a woman of 38 years of age. This was 6 years after her second and last pregnancy and was diagnosed before operation. A summary of the complementary examinations is pr…

This paper analyses the different therapeutic approaches that can be used for the treatment of benign breast diseases. These different options vary according to our understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease. It is very important t…

A study was made of ciliary movement in tubal epithelium using microphotooscillography on the tubes of 91 patients who were operated on for tubal, ovarian or uterine pathology. Three groups were classified: 31 with healthy tubes, 47 with tu…

Fluid was collected from the Ponch of Douglas at laparoscopy or laparotomy in 104 women. Macrophages were always present. The Schiff's histochemical reaction was positive inside the cytoplasm in cases of pelvic endometriosis in our study. T…

The authors report a case of endometrial stromal sarcoma which was detected by endometrial cytology. The tumour originates either in the stroma of the endometrium or in foci of myometrial adenomyosis. It occurs most frequently in patients w…

The author has carried out a general review of the literature on the analogues of GnRH (agonists and antagonists), and their use at present, and of their future use in human reproduction by both sexes and in particular in the fields of cont…

The authors report on a retrospective study of 184 laparoscopies carried out assessing the aetiology of chronic pelvic pain. The population that was studied has a mean age of 28.8 years, with most of the patients being between 20 and 30 yea…

Laser CO2 was used to treat lesions of endometriosis which were produced experimentally in New Zealand rabbits. After the cornu of the uterus had been resected, hyperplastic endometrium produced by giving oestrogens beforehand was dissected…

Between the years 1977 and 1982, laparoscopy was performed on 900 patients where the diagnosis of infertility was made in our department. In the patients' histories events which were considered relevant to subsequent tubal pathology were st…

This work is a retrospective study of the sarcomas of the uterus which were treated at the Oscar Lambret centre in the last ten years. The difficulty in diagnosing sarcomas of the uterus by the histologist can be appreciated when it is real…

The authors give 9 case histories of endometriosis localised to the abdominal wall : 3 of them in the umbilicus, 3 in laparotomy incisions (2 of those were Caesareans), 2 of them in the round ligaments at the external opening of the inguina…

13 cases of hysterectomy carried out to stop bleeding immediately after delivery have been studied. Among these there were : 5 cases of placenta accreta which confirmed histologically. 4 cases of uterine inertia. 2 cases of failure of coagu…

Research was made for chlamydia trachomatis and ureaplasma urealyticum in the peritoneum and the tubes of 99 women divided into 4 groups: 17 of them were being investigated because of acute salpingitis (Group A), 17 were being investigated …

The authors report a series of 50 cases of proximal tubal microsurgery with an interval of 11.8 months for isthmo-uterine anastomosis and 15 months for isthmo-interstitial anastomosis. The overall results are: 61 per cent of complete patenc…

The authors describe their one year's experience with a CO2 Laser in gynaecology. They emphasise the ease of use of the equipment. Three major divisions of gynaecology can benefit from the CO2 Laser: benign or precancerous lesions of the vu…

In order to avoid the misuse of laparoscopy by an unnecessary increase in the indications for the procedure the authors have reviewed the evolution of these indications in the five years between 1973 and 1977. Certain indications have staye…

Sulpiridin has been shown to be remarkably efficient in treating functional uterine haemorrhage (70 per cent success). It is especially so in the pre-menopause. Its mode of action takes place on three levels: the hypothalamus, where it work…

The authors discuss the contents and interpretation of the theories of pathogenicity of the condition of endometriosis after having defined it in its different forms and sites. Adenomyosis (internal endometriosis) and less than adenomyomata…