Wolthuis A

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors for segmental resection in patients with an isolated rectal endometriotic nodule (i.e. involvement of at least the muscular layer in depth and up to 15cm to the anus). DESIGN: Multicenter prospective…

UNLABELLED: Ten to fifty percent of women with advanced or recurrent ovarian cancer develop malignant bowel obstruction (MBO). We described the management and examined the complications and survival of MBO in primary epithelial tubo-ovarian…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rate of postoperative complications between conservative surgery and segmental resection in patients with rectal endometriosis. DESIGN: Single-center retrospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the value of using one-stop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs standard radiological imaging as a supplement to transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) for the preoperative assessment of patients with endometriosis referre…

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STUDY QUESTION: Which essential items should be recorded before, during and after endometriosis surgery and in clinical outcome based surgical trials in patients with deep endometriosis (DE)? SUMMARY ANSWER: A DE surgical sheet (DESS) was …

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[Meuleman, Christel; Tomassetti, Carla; D'Hooghe, Thomas] Univ Hosp Leuven, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Leuven Univ Fertil Ctr, Leuven, Belgium. [Wolthuis, Albert; D'Hoore, Andre] Univ Hosp Leuven, Dept Abdominal Surg, Leuven, Belgium. [Van Cle…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical outcome of women requiring laparoscopic excision of moderate-severe endometriosis in women with and without bowel resection and reanastomosis. METHODS: Two hundred three patients with laparoscopically exci…

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a difference between women with endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic surgery with bowel resection or without bowel resection regarding depressive symptoms, relational adjustment and sexual functioning? SUMMARY …