Since endometriosis is a proliferative disease we evaluated the presence of anti-apoptotic factor (Bcl-2) and pro-apoptotic factor (Bax) in deep pelvic endometriosis. A Cross-sectional observational study was performed at Santa Casa de Mise…
PURPOSE: To evaluate the changes in quality of life (QOL) over a 1-year follow-up period in patients submitted to laparoscopic colorectal resection for the treatment of deep endometriosis. METHODS: A prospective observational cohort study …
In this retrospective observational study involving 176 patients and 271 biopsies, the histologic differentiation in superficial endometriosis, deeply infiltrating endometriosis, and ovarian endometriomas was evaluated according to a previo…
This case report describes use of a porcine small intestinal submucosa patch to prevent vaginal stiffness and retraction after extensive vaginal resection of an endometriosis nodule. A 32-year-old nulliparous woman was referred for surgical…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, association, and agreement of double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) and transrectal endoscopic ultrasonography (Tr EUS) in the di…
PURPOSE: to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of double contrast barium enema (DCBE) for the diagnoses of rectum and sigmoid endometriosis. METHODS: prospective transversal study including 37 pat…
UNLABELLED: Endometriosis is a disease of high prevalence and enigmatic origin. One aspect not yet clarified is the relationship between endometriosis and nerve tissue. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, by immunohistochemistry, the presence of sympa…
OBJETIVO: avaliar o padrão de diferenciação histológica em lesões de peritônio superficial e lesões de endometriose pélvica profunda (EPP), localizadas em ligamentos úteros-sacros, intestino (reto e sigmóide) e septo retovaginal. MÉTODOS: e…
Abstract Dermatofi brosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare malignant neoplasia in gynecology, with probability of recurrence and low possibilities of metastasis. A 34-year-old patient after endometriosis treatment presented pain in the left …
OBJETIVO: verificar os efeitos do dispositivo intra-uterino (DIU) de levonorgestrel em portadoras de adenomiose, com falhas de implantação em ciclos de fertilização in vitro (FIV). MÉTODOS: foram selecionadas 80 mulheres inférteis, com até …
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical manifestations, surgical techniques, and complications observed in patients undergoing laparoscopic resection of intestinal deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomize…
OBJETIVO: análise comparativa dos resultados obtidos em mulheres portadoras de endometriose pélvica avançada e mulheres com ligadura tubária, submetidas a injeção intracitoplasmática de espermatozóide (ICSI). MÉTODOS: noventa e três mulhere…