OBJECTIVE: To highlight the presentation and management of a patient with dysmenorrhea caused by an accessory cavitated uterine malformation (ACUM) while also summarizing the current evidence regarding this pathology. DESIGN: Video article…
Bladder endometriosis accounts for 70-85% of urinary tract endometriosis cases. Urinary tract endometriosis occurs in approximately 1% of those living with endometriosis. Underlying aetiology and pathogenesis are not fully understood, but t…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis surgery outcomes have been widely studied, yet heterogeneity in terminology and techniques persist. OBJECTIVES: This study focuses on the perioperative outcomes of a single surgeon using the same structured approa…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To highlight a case where a nephroureterectomy and partial bladder cystectomy needed to be done due to endometriosis. DESIGN: A video article demonstrating a case study and the surgical management. SETTING: Ureteral endom…
BACKGROUND: Several endometriosis classification systems have been proposed and published but the search for a universal language that communicates the complexity, laterality and severity of this disease continues. The authors introduce the…
BACKGROUND: Anonymized videotaped endoscopic procedures can be used for the assessment of surgical competence, but a reliable non-procedure-specific scoring system is needed for gynaecology. OBJECTIVES: To design and evaluate the validity …
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the advantages of a combined robotic-assisted laparoscopic and thoracic approach in the management of extensive diaphragmatic, pleural, and pericardial endometriosis. DESIGN: A video article demonstrating ex…
Objective The aim of this study was to assess inter-rater reliability for components of the Visual-Numeric Endometriosis Scoring System (VNESS). VNESS is a novel system for describing surgical findings in each compartment of the pelvis in a…
OBJECTIVE: Germline pathogenic variation in DICER1 underlies a tumor-predisposition disorder with increased risk for cervical embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and ovarian sex-cord stromal tumors, particularly Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors. The gynec…