PURPOSE: To compare laparoscopic gynecological surgery training between a developed country's reference center (host center) and a public reference service in a developing country (home center), and use the technicity index (TI) to compare …
BACKGROUND: Advanced gynaecological procedures often include extensive pelvic dissections, with the nervous structures involved in the disease. Nerve-sparing and preservation is a key factor in reducing postoperative morbidity. OBJECTIVES:…
BACKGROUND: Vesicovaginal fistulas (VVF) are an unusual problem that may significantly affect a patient's quality of life. The main causes for this condition are labour complications (mostly in developing countries) and pelvic surgeries (in…
Introduction: Endometriosis, one of the most common benign gynaecological diseases, is characterized by a reduced quality of life due to various physical and psychological stresses. Late diagnosis is associated with disease progression and …
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility and functional urinary and digestive results of nerve sparing techniques in endometriosis surgery. METHODS: A research on the medline/pubmed database using specific keywords (nerve sparing, endometri…
OBJECTIVE: The study was performed to evaluate whether trauma is an initial event of development of endometriosis. METHOD: Using Medline database from January 1960 up to December 2014, a systematic review was made of all published studies …
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the outcomes and complications of laparoscopic ureteroneocystotomy in gynecologic surgery. DESIGN: We retrospectively reviewed all medical records of patients who underwent ureteroneocystostomy between April 2008…
Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent disease associated with infertility and pelvic pain. Endometriosis is defined by the presence of extra-uterine endometrial tissue. It affects approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women. Howev…
Study question: To compare the pregnancy rate in patients submitted to FET (Frozen Embryos Transfer) of cleavage stage embryos (Group 1), or at the blastocyst stage (Group 2). Summary answer: Our data showed that the transfer of frozen blas…
BACKGROUND: This study was designed to compare the surgical outcomes of standard and reverse laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in a teaching and research h…
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the complications after surgery for deep endometriosis. DESIGN: retrospective study. SETTING: data from the CHU Estaing database and patients' charts between January 1987 and December 2007. SAMPLE: all women given …
The minimum distance between the vaginal mucosal epithelium and the endometriotic glands was <1,000 microm in 30 patients (49.2%), <2,000 microm in 44 patients (72.1%), and <5,000 microm in 60 patients (98.4%). Our findings provided histolo…