Ginecologia y obstetricia de Mexico

The fibrocystic changes of the breast constitute a clinical entity that has no clear etiopathogeny, although it is thought that the persistent estrogenic stimulus may be the cause, but there are other hypothesis related to consumption of sa…

The objective was to evaluate the indications and clinical evolution of patients treated with laparoscopy. Eight hundred eighty two women undergoing conventional laparoscopy for gynecological pathology, patients were not preselected, preope…

Abdominal wall endometriosis usually occurs in the surgical scar of previous cesarean sections. This condition often presents as a mass with cyclical pain and swelling. Two cases of abdominal scar endometriosis are reported. The definitive …

The effect of adherence process on Fallopian tubes and ovaries in late stages endometriosis is clear, but it is more important to understand pathophysiologic mechanism of infertility in minimal, mild endometriosis. Although the etiology of …

Endometriosis is rarely found by the general surgeon and sometimes it may seem a surgical disease. Two cases with abdominal pain, requiring surgical treatment, are presented. The first case gave history of dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia, she …

Endometriosis is a frequent gynecologic disease and is associated with dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and infertility. We evaluated 71 patients who had any of these entities and were treated with laparoscopic procedures. We found a higher freque…

The Growth Factors (GFs) include a group peptidic molecules, with important trophic, mitotic and cellular differentiation effects in most human tissues. This review encompasses the different types of GFs and their biologic effects on tissue…

In this report an hypothetical model of the pathophysiology of endometriosis is reviewed based on recent literature, focusing a variety of factors within the specific environment confined by peritoneum, whose alteration has repercussion amo…

The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of analyzed variables in the ultrasonographic endometrial study in patients with postmenopausal uterine bleeding. Nineteen women…

The systematic analysis of immunity status in the peritoneum of women with endometriosis, is presented. Twenty five patients were studied, distributed as follows: A. Endometriosis, B. Sterility of non identified cause. In all the patients, …

The prevalence of fibrocystic breast disease in patients with endometriosis, was determined. This was a prospective cross-sectional study. The 43 women were diagnosed as having endometriosis by laparoscopy. In these patients, during their c…

A case of endometrial trichinosis is reported; the patient lived rear Cd. Delicias, Chih., an endemic area for trichinosis. A 38 years old obese, diabetic woman, with high blood pressure, used to eat frequently pork meat and its products; s…

Endometriosis approximately affects 10 to 15% of premenopausic women. Diagnosis mainly is made by laparoscopy. We revised all the laparoscopies which were made in labor service at the American British Cowdray Hospital from July 1st 1989 to …

The therapeutical effectiveness of gestrinone in endometriosis treatment, as well as its long term side effects, were evaluated. Prospective, clinical trial. At "Dr. Alejandro Castanedo Kimball" Hospital (PEMEX). Salamanca, Guanajuato. Méxi…

Patient with primary sterility; antecedent of tubal surgery and damaged tuboperitoneal factor; she was programmed for in vitro fertilization with embryo transference. She had ovarian hyperstimulation with pure FSH and menotropins; follicula…

Scan endometriosis is a rare entity, commonly related after operation on the uterus or uterine tubes or a laparotomy procedure or other no pelvic surgical procedure, when transplantations of endometrial fragments were shed into the peritone…

1,000 hysterectomies are reported by the author in a space of 20 years in four hospitals of ISSSTE. Some clinic-pathological parameters were analyzed, morbi-mortality, etc. The obtained results are informed using a simplification on the sur…

Pharmacological inhibition of ovarian function (PIOF) in young women is associated with hypoestrogenism and very low estrogen levels. These alterations can trigger osteopenia, either by delayed peak bone mass or by active bone destruction, …

Laparoscopy was performed on patients with dysmenorrhea, sterility and pelvic pain in order to evaluate the prevalence of endometriosis in our environment therefore considering the population of female beneficiary patients of reproductive a…

The results of the first twelve cases of Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy, are presented. The indications for hysterectomy were myomatosis, suspicion of adenomyosis and endometriosis. The surgical technique is described in detail …

Forty-nine laparoscopic findings of women with chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea, were reviewed. In all of them a laparoscopy was performed under general anesthesia. Endometriosis was found as principal cause of the pain, followed by chr…