We report a case of a 29-year old woman with intestinal obstruction caused by endometriosis localised in the proximity of the ileocecal valve. Right hemicolectomy was carried out. No other pathology was found. We discuss difficulties of est…
Radical vaginal hysterectomy has been performed in surgical treatment of cervical cancer for over one hundred years. After the term of decrease of popularity of this operation, nowadays we can observe gradual come back to the idea of radica…
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is retrospective analysis of laparoscopic surgery that were performed from January 2002 to December 2001 in I Ward of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital in Warsaw. MAT…
Serum levels of CA125 turned out to be a valuable parameter not only as a marker of ovarian carcinoma but also in other fields of obstetrics and gynaecology. Up to date most of the studies dealing with the subject remain experimental and th…
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was the estimation of effect of pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy on intensity of pain complains, and comparison of quantity of intraoperative and postoperative complications in groups of patients subjec…
THE AIM: Of the study was to evaluate utility of magnetic resonance (MR) in the assessment of the women who fulfilled inclusion criteria for uterine artery embolisation as a symptomatic leiomyoma treatment and outcome of procedures. MATERI…
OBJECTIVES: Untreated hormonal disturbances connected with unbalanced estrogen serum concentrations can influence on pathological proliferation of endometrium. The aim of the study is to assess the effect of GnRH agonists on endometrium in …
UNLABELLED: Changes in the peritoneal fluid environment have been implicated in the pathogenesis of endometriosis as well as in the decrease of fertility. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and interferon gamma (IFN gamma) play a criti…
Stress urinary incontinence is one of the most common gynecological complains. The frequency of its occurrence is from 12 to 25 and even 60%. It is most often observed in patients after menopause, but in a few percent is also found in twent…
We report an unusual case of adenomyosis with asymptomatic thoracic endometriosis. A 30-year old woman had a history of nephroblastoma, two missed abortions and one childbirth by caesarean section. The pregnancy was complicated with asymmet…
Uterine leiomyomas are benign tumours that arise from the smooth-muscle cells of the human uterus. They are clinically apparent in up to 20% of women and cause significant morbidity, including prolonged and heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic …
Two cases of invasive carcinoma developing in extragonadal endometriosis are presented. Each case had a different clinical course. In addition to routine histopathologic studies immunohistochemical studies to assess the expression of cytoce…
It's a review of literature on the clinical effects of Livial. Livial (generic name-tibolone) makes a therapy of choice for postmenopausal women. It's a synthetic steroid with estrogenic, progestagenic and androgenic properties due to its t…
OBJECTIVE: Myomas of uterus are the most common mild tumours of uterus. There is often observed the rapid increase of them during the pregnancy and then they could caused complications from 0.3% to 2.6% of pregnancies. DESIGN: The aim of s…
Behaviour of CA 125 antigen in women in reproductive age without neoplastic diseases in pelvis minor was presented. The study material was divided into 4 groups: 29 women with endometriosis, 16 women with inflammation of pelvis minor, 7 wom…
This article reviews the pathological mechanism of endometriosis. We concentrate on immunological and genetical factors which play a role in the developing of endometriosis. We present the possible network of interactions between immune cel…
METHOD AND RESULTS: Between 1993 and 2000, 7529 patients underwent cesarean section (24.3% of 31,798 delivering women) at University Hospital in Poznań. There were 52 cases of simultaneous adnexal surgery among them because of ovarian tumor…
OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of the role of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonographic measurement of the endometrium volume in perimenopausal women with irregular uterine bleeding. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We have assessed 45 women (23 postmenopausal…
DESIGN: The purpose of the study was to estimate the diagnostic value of ultrasonic endometrium thickness measurement and estimation of ultrasonic endometrium qualitative features in detecting pathological changes in women in perimenopausal…
Two cases of unilateral urethral obstruction caused by endometriosis were reported. Two patients aged 48 and 35 years old were fully diagnosed with above mentioned abnormalities prior to a surgical operation. During the surgical operations …
STUDY OBJECTIVE: A retrospective analysis of ultrasound diagnosis of adenomyosis. DESIGN: Evaluation of 149 cases of hysterectomy excluding cases of ovarian and/or cervical carcinoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Pre-operative ultrasound results…
Perianal endometriosis is an infrequent form of extragenital endometriosis. A case of endometriosis in an episiotomy scar with involvement of the external anal sphincter is presented. The question of treatment is discussed. Adnexectomy is s…
DESIGN: The aim of our study was estimation of frequency of occurrence endometriosis at girls operated from different indications, research of predisposing factors and estimation of selected biophysical parameters. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ma…
Application of IVF at women with endometriosis after pharmacological and surgical therapy hold out hopes to possession of child. Endometriosis occurs three times more often in the patients with primary sterility than in patients with second…