OBJECTIVE: To evaluate in infertile women the benefit of laparoscopic surgical treatment of endometriosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All infertile patients aged 18 to 43 years old, operated between February 2004 and March 2008, with a minimal …
Surgery remains the best treatment for deep endometriosis. The surgical technique is essential to adequately manage the disease; however, the technique is rarely taught and reported in detail. Laparoscopic cystectomy for the treatment of ov…
Abdominal wall endometriosis is unusual and mostly occurs in scars following Cesarean section. Although malignant transformation is rare, it must be recognized in order to benefit from radical resection. We report a very rare case of mixed …
Good knowledge of physiopathology, surgical techniques and of the literature allows for an adequate treatment of ovarian endometrioma. Preoperative medical treatment has not shown to be efficient and might be adapted to each patient (contin…
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 …
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the fertility status in women suffering from major postoperative complications following deep endometriosis surgery. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study in teaching and research hospitals (tertiary centers) including…
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of endometriosis degenerated into clear cell carcinoma with positron-emission tomography (PET) scan staging. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A 43-year-old woman diagnosed with en…
CONTEXT: Only a few, small, human studies on E-cadherin and beta-catenin expression in normal cycling human endometrium have been reported. It remains unclear whether expression of these molecules might be altered in the endometrium of infe…
Thirty-one patients complaining of unexplained infertility for at least 36 months and diagnosed elsewhere were reassessed laparoscopically. After staining their pelvic peritoneum with concentrated methylene blue, they presented with extensi…
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for the removal of normal ovarian tissue during laparoscopic cystectomy for endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 121 patients who had histologically confirmed ovarian endometrios…
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate HOXA-10 expression in endometrium from infertile patients with different forms of endometriosis; with uterine fibromas, or with unexplained infertility and from normal fertile women. MET…
OBJECTIVE: To describe perioperative management and perinatal outcome for patients undergoing laparoscopy during pregnancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of all cases of laparoscopy during pregnancy performed in …
Endometriosis, a common gynecological disorder responsible for infertility and pelvic pain, is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma within extra-uterine sites. Gene expression studies performed on endometriotic tissue ho…