Farr R Nezhat

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis on pregnancy outcomes in women with infertility, performed either before or after failed fertility enhancement technology (FET). Secondary aims included evaluating t…

Objectives: To determine the association between ovarian endometriomas and stage of endometriosis. Methods: A total of 222 women aged 18-55 years old, who underwent minimally invasive surgery between January 2016 and December 2021 for treat…

Endometriosis is a frequent, estrogen-dependent, chronic disease, characterized by the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside of the uterine cavity. Although it is not considered a precursor of cancer, endometriosis is associated…

BACKGROUND: Number of organ transplant recipients continues to rise worldwide with increasing accessibility and growing advancements in transplant medicine. Transplant patients have at least a two-to-four fold higher risk of developing canc…

Ovarian endometriomas affect many patients with endometriosis and have significant effects on quality of life, fertility, and risk of malignancy. Endometriomas range from small (1-3 cm), densely fibrotic cysts to large (20 cm or greater) cy…

•Fertility treatment prior to definitive cancer therapy in stage IIB EOC.•Both fertility and oncologic outcomes were successful.•The role of Multidisciplinary team is critical.

Endometriosis is a gynecologic disease that affects over 10% of women of reproductive age causing pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility, resulting in significant disability and reduced quality of life. Very recent genetic studies have …

Background and Objectives: To determine perioperative outcome differences in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) versus conventional laparo-scopic surgery (CLS) for advanced-stage endometriosis. Methods: This re…

Despite advances in medicine, ovarian cancer remains the deadliest of the gynecological malignancies. Herein we present the latest information on the pathophysiology of ovarian cancer and its significance for ovarian cancer screening and pr…

Uterine leiomyomas affect 20-30 % of women 35 years and older. Extrauterine leiomyomas are rare and present a greater diagnostic challenge. Those unusual growth patterns occur more often in women of reproductive age with a history of hyster…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To determine perioperative outcome differences in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) versus conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) for advanced-stage endometriosis. METHODS: This re…

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine our experience with laparoscopic and laparoscopically assisted management of bowel endometriosis and to recommend treatment approaches, considering patient goals for both pain mitigation o…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the feasibility and safety of the laparoscopic management of adnexal masses appearing preoperatively benign with those suspicious for malignancy. METHODS: Retrospective study of 694 women that underwent laparoscopic m…

OBJECTIVE: To describe 3 cases of peritoneal mesothelioma associated with endometriosis that were managed laparoscopically. DESIGN: Case series. SETTING: University and community hospitals. PATIENTS: Three women with well-differentiated …

OBJECTIVES: To describe our experience with laparoscopic primary or interval tumor debulking in patients with presumed advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancers. METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective case…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To compare intraoperative, pathologic and postoperative outcomes of robotic radical hysterectomy (RRH) to total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLRH) in patients with early stage cervical carcinoma. METHODS: W…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine our experience with laparoscopic and laparoscopically assisted management of bowel endometriosis and to recommend treatment approaches, considering patient goals for both pain mitigation o…

OBJECTIVE: To compare immunohistochemical staining patterns in noncystic and cystic endometriosis lesions. DESIGN: Experimental. SETTING: Archived pathology material in an academic research environment. PATIENT(S): Endometriosis tissues …