L. Russell Malinak

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the empirical relationship between the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine's classification of endometriosis and pregnancy rates after treatment. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. PATIENT(S): Patients s…

Conservative surgery at laparoscopy or laparotomy is effective against stage I-IV endometriosis to relieve pelvic pain and treat infertility. The subsequent average conception rate is 45-65%. Recurrence of endometriosis may occur, although …

Surgical treatment is an important option in treatment of all stages of endometriosis. Surgical options of operative laparoscopy, lasers, laparotomy technique, and perioperative medical treatment are discussed in the contexts of both publis…

The LH and FSH levels showed a decreasing tendency during the treatment. There was no significant change in the prolactin and hydroxycortisone values. The estradiol and progesterone significantly fell, although when Danol was withdrawn or t…

isis must be strictly individualized.In unprepared bowel, a discovered lesion may be managed expectantly.For severe symptoms, excision or segmental resection were associated with improved pregnancy rates and lower recurrence rates.

A study of 53 individuals failed to reveal an association between any HLA antigen and endometriosis. Division of the sample into those having a relative affected with endometriosis (N = 11) and those not having such a relative (N = 42) simi…

The rate of recurrence of endometriosis after treatment has varied from 2% to 47% in published reports. In order to determine whether a meaningful prognosis for recurrence can be rendered, 423 patients treated with conservative surgical pro…

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78284; and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Clinical characteristics of patients with histologically confirmed pelvic endometriosis who had an affected first-degree relative (N = 18) were compared to those who had no such affected relative (N = 105). The only significant difference w…

Systematic genetic studies in endometriosis apparently have not been conducted; therefore, we studied 123 patients with histologically proved endometriosis. Nine of 153 (5.8%) female sibs (over age 18) of patients with histologically proved…

One hundred and fifty-three patients with pelvic endometriosis met the study criteria of inferility, tissue diagnosis, treatment with conservative surgery, and adequate follow-up. The extent of disease was classified according to Acosta and…

Over an 8 year period, 350 cases of endometriosis (77 per cent confirmed histologically) from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, were reviewed. Of these cases, 58 (17 per cent) exhibited significant ano…