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Diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis is the most frequent reason for gynecologic operative laparoscopy in the United States. It is therefore important for the laparoscopist to be thoroughly familiar with the current standards of diagnos…

Endometriosis is prevalent: its incidence has been estimated to range from 5-10% in normal women, and up to 60% of women who present with infertility or chronic pelvic pain. Chronic pelvic pain is the reason for 10% of all office visits to …

Endometriosis is one of the most enigmatic and common diseases encountered by the gynecologist in the reproductive-age female. An estimated 10% of reproductive-age women and 25-35% of infertile women have this progressive disease which may …

As with other organs, the etiology of bowel endometriosis is unknown. Its occurrence was reported as early as 1922 by Sampson. Following his investigation of nineteen cases, he proposed that "implantation adenoma of endometrial type of some…

With the advent of hysteroscopy, the diagnosis of intrauterine pathology has greatly improved. Endometrial polyps and submucous fibroids are easily visualized; however, normal appearing cavities have been reported in over 50% of patients wi…

Operative laparoscopy is an alternative to laparotomy for most gynecologic surgical procedures, but its role in gynecologic oncology has been considered only recently. Laparoscopy has been applied to gynecologic cancer with good results. Ad…

Latrogenic injury to the lower urinary tract, specifically the ureter and bladder, is a potential risk of any pelvic surgery. According to the available literature, the incidence of injury to the ureter ranges from 0.5-2.5% for routine pelv…