Xavier Deffieux

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The LevaLap 1.0 (Core Access Surgical Technologies, Atlanta, GA) was designed to promote safer, more stable, and more predictable abdominal access when using the Veress needle for insufflation. We report on the fi…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the literature and expose best evidence available regarding the benefit of pelvic examination for women with suspected endometriosis METHODS: the AGREE II and GRADE systems for grading scientific evidence. RESULTS: En…

OBJECTIVE: To provide guidelines from the French College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (CNGOF), based on the best evidence available, concerning subtotal or total hysterectomy, for benign disease. METHODS: The CNGOF has decided to ado…

Copyright © 2013 Julien Seror et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is prop…

OBJECTIVES: The sonographic features of endometriomas and their natural history during pregnancy remain poorly known. The objective of our study was to report our experience concerning the diagnosis, spontaneous progression and management o…

Menometrorrhagia is a frequent cause of medical consulting. After exclusion of pregnancy, main aetiologies are the uterine (polyp, myoma, adenomyosis, cancer) or adnexial abnormality (ovarian cyst or cancer), the disorders of hemostasis (Wi…

Tuberculosis can cause infertility when it infects the genital tract (e.g., endometritis). A 31-year-old woman (origin: Algeria) was referred to our academic gynecological institute for unexplained primary infertility. The patient presented…

Uterocutaneous fistula is a rare complication that may follow cesarean section. Herein is described a rare case of uterocutaneous fistula. The patient, a 28-year-old woman with a history of American Society for Reproductive Medicine stage I…