Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis of the obturator nerve: a case report
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This case report describes the successful laparoscopic excision of endometriosis affecting the obturator nerve, highlighting a rare presentation and surgical approach.
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Endometriosis, a common cause of cyclic and chronic pelvic pain in women, can present with a multitude of symptoms. Numerous case reports exist describing the involvement of the sciatic nerve with endometriosis; however, there are few reported cases of infiltration of the other pelvic nerves such as the obturator nerve. To our knowledge, this is the first case of laparoscopic management of symptomatic endometriosis of the obturator nerve.
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- Pelvic Nerve Endometriosis (Neuropelveology) 2022
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- Peritoneal Retraction Pocket Defects and Their Important Relationship with Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis 2020
- Atypical Sites of Deeply Infiltrative Endometriosis: Clinical Characteristics and Imaging Findings 2018
- Obturator Internus Muscle Endometriosis with Nerve Involvement: a Rare Clinical Presentation 2017
- Neural involvement in endometriosis: Review of anatomic distribution and mechanisms 2015
- Endometriosis of the conus medullaris causing cyclic radiculopathy 2014
- Pain in the upper anterior-lateral part of the thigh in women affected by endometriosis: study of sensitive neuropathy 2013
- Perineural spread of endometriosis along the obturator nerve into the adductor thigh compartment 2012
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