Lansac J

OBJECTIVE: Discussion of the indications for bilateral removal of the ovaries at hysterectomy after the age of forty. DESIGN: A multicenter survey involving 50 university centres and regional hospitals was carried out. RESULTS: The majori…

The authors report a case of an acute renal failure secondary to an obstructive bilateral ureteral endometriosis. They show the limits of the clinical diagnosis as well as the limits of additional explorations and discuss the therapeutic ma…

Among the many causes of sciatica, endometriosis, a rare aetiology, should be considered in menstruating women in view of the diagnostic strategy and ensuing therapeutic implications. We report a case of sciatic nerve involvement with endom…

Sciatic nerve endometriosis is rare but must be included in the sciatic pain aetiology diagnosis. Typically the patient's sciatic pain is cyclic. Electromyography and computed tomographic scanning or nuclear resonance imagery contribute to …

This retrospective study of 340 hysterectomies carried out abdominally concern cases only where the pathology was benign and strictly limited to the body of the uterus. This has made it possible to review the 240 cases carried out for fibro…

The difficulty in evaluating the efficacy of treatments for endometriosis in terms of sterility results from the frequent confusion between the inhibition of the natural progression of endometriosis and a beneficial effect on fertility. The…

The authors have carried out a prospective study from the 1 January 1977 to the 31 December 1981 on 168 women, 89.3% of whom (150/168) had pure distal tubal microsurgery and 10.7% (18/168) had mixed surgery. The results were studied in rela…

The authors report a case history of a tubal choriocarcinoma occurring in a woman of 38 years of age. This was 6 years after her second and last pregnancy and was diagnosed before operation. A summary of the complementary examinations is pr…