Gaby Moawad

Abstract: Endometriosis is an all too common benign inflammatory condition that impacts the lives of countless women around the world. Not only is there typically a delay in diagnosis of this devastating condition, but women are often misma…

Endometriosis negatively impacts the lives of countless women around the world. When medical management fails to improve quality of life often women are left making a decision whether or not to proceed with surgery. With endometriomas, pati…

IntroductionBlack women are more likely to undergo surgery for uterine fibroids compared with non-Black women. However, few studies have characterized the psychosocial experiences of Black women seeking fibroid treatment. We aimed to identi…

The preoperative work-up and optimal surgical approach to colorectal endometriosis is a highly studied topic lacking definitive recommendations. Synthesis of the available data can be extremely challenging for surgeons due to the heterogene…

(1) Background: Adenomyosis is a poorly understood entity which makes it difficult to standardize treatment. In this paper we review and compare the currently approved medical and surgical treatments of adenomyosis and present the evidence …

Endometriosis of the diaphragm has been gaining more attention in the practice of gynecologists and thoracic surgeons in recent years. Understanding related symptoms and developing imaging methods have improved their approach. A review of t…

Endometriosis is a complex chronic inflammatory condition that can create a multitude of bothersome painful symptoms for women. Bowel endometriosis is often misdiagnosed or overlooked leading to years of suffering for many women. The surgic…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Robotic surgery data need a setback on many years of practice with high-volume surgeons to evaluate its real value. Our main objective was to study the impact of a decade of robotic surgery on minimally-invasive h…

Surgery plays an indispensable role in diagnosis and management of endometriosis. Although surgical management may not cure the disease, it provides significant pain relief and improvement in fertility outcomes. This chapter reviews importa…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of type of surgery for colorectal endometriosis-rectal shaving or discoid resection or segmental colorectal resection-on complications and surgical outcomes. DATA SOURCES: We performed a systematic review of…

Lymph node involvement has been shown to be one of the most relevant prognostic factors in a variety of malignancies; this is also true of endometrial cancer. The determination of the lymph node status is crucial in order to establish the t…

Endometriosis is thought to be the cause of up to 80% of chronic pelvic pain in women, and is present in 50% of women with infertility. The most widely accepted route of spread of endometriosis is through retrograde menstruation, where the …

BACKGROUND: Very little is known regarding the readiness of senior U.S. Ob/Gyn residents to perform minimally invasive surgery. This study aims to evaluate the self-perceived readiness of senior Ob/Gyn residents to perform complex minimally…

OBJECTIVE: This video tutorial identifies key anatomic landmarks useful in identifying the path of the most commonly encountered pelvic nerves in benign gynecologic surgery. DESIGN: This is a narrated overview of commonly encountered pelvi…

OBJECTIVE: Surgical management of deep endometriosis is associated with a high incidence of lower urinary tract dysfunction. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the rates of voiding dysfunction according…

PURPOSE/BACKGROUND: Using robotic surgery, we report successful resection of deep invasive pelvic endometriosis with a multidisciplinary team of colorectal and gynecologic surgeons. METHODS/INTERVENTIONS: Fifteen cases of robotic-assisted …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between phthalate exposure and two measures of uterine fibroid burden: diameter of largest fibroid and uterine volume. DESIGN: Pilot, cross-sectional study. SETTING: Academic medical center. PATIENT…