Endometriosis of the bowel can be associated with significant morbidity. Surgery to remove it carries risks. Options include conservative shaving or discoid resection and more radical segmental bowel resection.
In rare instances, endometrial glandular tissue can implant in the thorax of women suffering from endometriosis. The presentation is variable depending on site of implant and can be a rare …
Endometriosis, as the leading cause of infertility, is attributed to oxidative stress, inflammation, and autophagy dysregulation. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of quercetin and metformin, alone or …
Deep endometriosis most commonly involves the rectosigmoid junction and its management often requires a colorectal resection. Anastomotic leakage is a severe complication after resection and affects 1-6% of the cases.
Large resections may be necessary in cytoreductive surgery for endometriosis, which present risk of urinary and bowel complications. Presentation of Case. A 29-year-old woman underwent multidisciplinary laparoscopy for endometriosis in …
Robotic surgery represents the latest development in the field of minimally invasive surgery and offers many technical advantages. Despite the higher costs, this novel approach has been applied increasingly in …
Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), with unique clinical and molecular characteristics compared with other histological types of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), behaves like a distinct entity and has a poorer …
This study sought to identify factors independently associated with a negative impression of the medical profession in patients with endometriosis who were presenting to a tertiary referral centre.
Laparoscopic gynecologic surgery is one of the most well-known procedures. Pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide insufflation can cause unfavorable hemodynamic effects due to catecholamine and vasopressin release.
Could we construct and validate a preoperative score to predict rectosigmoid involvement in endometriosis (RE)?