Chirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990)

Hysterectomy in cases with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) poses a particular challenge represented by the lack of standardization, causing technical difficulties or incomplete resection of the deep endometriosis lesions. AIM: This ar…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Obstructive uropathy due to gynecological benignities is a very rare, difficult and challenging condition and physicians should always consider the existence of uropathy in such cases.

Bleeding from the stapled line is a rare but potentially lethal complication that requires a proper and immediate management. Treatment for stapled anastomotic hemorrhage may be operative or conservative. We report three cases of anastomoti…

Our study confirms PE as a rare surgical entity and indicates the necessity of thorough history and physical examination, as well as imaging exams, for making the correct diagnosis in order to choose the appropriate surgical procedure.

Endometriosis is described as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue at sites outside the uterus. Up to 15% ofwomen in their reproductive period are affected by this condition. Endometriosis is mostly foundon the uterosacral ligamen…

INTRODUCTION: Despite extensive research endometriosis is an area with important controversies. The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology issued in 2014 the last Guideline for endometriosis management including the statement…

Spontaneous umbilical endometriosis, also known as Villar's nodule, is an unusual location of the endometrial tissue.Whilst in the case of umbilical locations secondary to surgical procedures endometriosis occurs quite frequently,the freque…

Umbilical endometriosis is a rare condition, usually following laparoscopic and surgical procedures involving the umbilicus.Spontaneous umbilical endometriosis occurring without any previous abdominal or uterine surgery is extremely rare. T…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is defined as functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It occurs in up to 15% of menstruating females and in most cases is located within the pelvis. Endometrial implants, however have been describ…

OBJECTIVE: To establish guidelines for the medical and surgical management of painful endometriosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An exhaustive review on Medline and Cochrane Database between 1980 and 2006 was performed. RESULTS: GnRH agonists, pr…

OBJECTIVE: To present the principles of laparoscopic treatment for rectal endometriosis and to discuss possible postoperative outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Our series included women managed for rectal endometriosis during consecutive 20 m…

A 40-year-old woman was admitted in emergency condition with the symptomatology of bowel obstruction. Intraoperative findings consists of a pelvic fixed tumoral mass, and numerous other tumors spread in the whole abdominal cavity mimicking …

A 24-year-old-woman was admitted because of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), menometrorrhagia and galactorrhea. The investigations performed showed a right adnexal tumor after the equilibration of DIC with plasma substitution, …