Deep Pelvic Endometriosis: From Diagnosis to Wellness

Carlo Saccardi, Andrea Cocco, Alberto Tregnaghi, Erich Cosmi, Nicola Baldan, Ermanno Ancona, Pietro Litta
In: Journal of Endometriosis · 2009 · vol. 1(3-4) , pp. 150–156 · doi:10.1177/2284026509001003-405 · W2289496668
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Laparoscopic excision of deep pelvic endometriosis in 50 women significantly improved dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, pelvic pain, and dyschezia, with 78-96% experiencing absent or mild symptoms 12 months post-surgery.

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Purpose to determine the efficacy of laparoscopic excision of deep pelvic endometriosis (DPE). Methods One hundred and two highly symptomatic women with DPE underwent clinical examination, transvaginal ultrasound, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and sonovaginography. Among the 102 women, 50 patients, with severe symptoms, underwent laparoscopic excision of DPE. Endoscopic surgery was performed with complete separation of the rectovaginal space and resection of the node. In the case of vaginal involvement vaginal exeresis was performed, in the case of rectal wall involvement of more than 50%, segmental bowel resection was performed. Operative data as well as dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain and dyschezia before and 6 and 12 months after surgical treatment were recorded. Results Mean operative time was 126.4 ± 34.7 min, mean blood loss was 76.2 ± 22 ml. In 17 (34%) cases we performed excision of the posterior vaginal fornix due to vaginal wall involvement. In six (12%) cases we performed excision of the rectal wall. At 12-month follow-up 39 (78%) women revealed absent or mild dysmenorrhea, 45 (90%) women revealed absent or mild dyspareunia, 46 (92%) women revealed absent or mild chronic pelvic pain, 48 (96%) women revealed absent or mild dyschezia. Conclusions Surgical management of DPE could be a radical approach for this disease but conservative for the patients, ensuring good improvement in symptoms and good patient satisfaction, and only performing vaginal or rectal exeresis when strictly necessary.

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