LETTER TO THE EDITOR

New surgical approaches for the treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the rectum Sir, We read with interest the article by Bridoux et al. (2011) concerning local excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the rectum. They describe the results of a pilot series of six patients treated by a new surgical technique of laparoscopic rectal mobilization and transa-nal full thickness excision of rectal endometriosis using a Contourw TranstarTM stapler. This stapling device was originally designed for rec-tocoele and internal rectal prolapse treatment (Lenisa et al., 2009). The technique is presented as a safe and less invasive alternative to conventional low anterior resection. Indeed, in contrast to endometric infiltration of the sigmoid colon, for which resection is often necessary, rectal involvement is more prone to discoid excision: infiltration is