Contraception, fertilite, sexualite (1992)

This is an epidemiological study of 1,498 patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery for different reasons. Between 1989 and 1996, 308 cases of endometriosis were identified among 1,498 patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery. One hund…

The authors report the results of a retrospective series concerning 121 patients who presented abnormal uterine bleeding resistant to progestogen therapy. These patients were adenomyosis carriers and who underwent loop endometrial ablation.…

Adenomyosis is a frequent pathology of the uterus for women over 40. Difficult to diagnose, adenomyosis can be responsible of pelvic pain and menorrhagia. Association with infertility is a rare event and the responsibility of adenomyosis is…

Ureteral endometriosis is a rare but serious entity because of its insidious evolution which can lead to the loss of kidney function. Three cases are reported: two patients have received a medical and endoscopic management and the third one…

Nineteen clinical stage I adenocarcinoma of the uterus with favourable histological prognosis factors (low grade, no myometrial extension, and no pelvic node involvement) were diagnosed using a preoperative hysteroscopy. During the laparoto…

Since the beginning of the nineties, we have seen an increase in the use of operative hysteroscopy in the surgical treatment of women with dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The aim of this article is to show that these new techniques are surg…

Genital schistosomiasis is an uncommon disease. Its responsibility in female infertility is controversial. We reported 3 cases of pelvic schistosomiasis and we debate about the pathogenic contribution of the bilharziosis in sterility.

Hormonal replacement therapy concerns an increasing number of women: therefore it would be beneficial to vary its doses and administration modes in order to ensure the treatment's efficiency and innocuity. Furthermore, this treatment has to…

We present a retrospective study of a series of 46 patients who have benefited from a laparoscopic treatment for a distal tubal disease. The results have been expressed in terms of tubulars and adherentiels scores, of the type of plastic ef…

According to whether uterine artery treatment takes place vaginally or laparoscopically, laparoscopy for hysterectomy can be considered according to two modalities: laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and total laparoscopi…

New data on the pathophysiology of pain associated with endometriosis are available. The predominant role of deep endometriosis has been stressed. In multivariate analysis, superficial endometriosis and even adhesions and ovarian cysts do n…

67 women (aged 16-40) with hirsutism and/or other signs of hyperandrogenism (acne, androgenic alopecia, cycle disturbances) have been treated for one year with cyproterone acetate + estradiol. Patients have been randomly assigned to therapy…

L'etude de la biopsie d'endometre permet de mieux comprendre le mecanisme des metrorragies qui surviennent au cours des traitements hormonaux afin de leur opposer un traitement adequat en retablissant un rapport œstroprogestatif satisfaisan…

Chronic pelvic pains are one of the most frequent complaints in our daily gynecological practice, motivating at least a quarter of our consultants. As it usually puts the practitioner ill at ease in a difficult situation, we will try to und…