Bowel endometriosis is often considered an indication for extensive surgical management, including colorectal resection, in women undergoing surgery for concomitant endometriosis at other sites. However, several contemporary studies show little …
Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is an extremely uncommon uterine malignancy, and commonly arises from preexisting endometriosis. On rare occasions, ESS arises from extrauterine tissues and is known as extra-uterine ESS. …
Deep endometriosis (DE) with intestinal involvement occurs in up to 16% of patients with endometriosis, representing one of the most challenging manifestations of the disease.
To retrospectively evaluate the clinical features, perioperative findings, and long-term outcomes of patients who underwent bowel resection for intestinal endometriosis, and to clarify diagnostic and therapeutic challenges with the goal …
To show the safety of en bloc hysterectomy with segmental bowel resection utilizing the NOSE-technique in the management of ovarian cancer and deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).
To evaluate the feasibility and potential contribution of preoperative and intraoperative ultrasound in rectal shaving, to support surgical decision-making and achieve optimal lesion excision.
The objective was to assess outcomes of robotic-assisted transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (RA-vNOTES) performed for hysterectomy and endometriosis excision. We conducted a retrospective case series across two hospitals …
To describe the peri-operative considerations and surgical steps for a laparoscopic segmental resection for colorectal endometriosis, using a nerve-sparing, mesentery-sparing, and natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) technique.
Bowel endometriosis affects 8-12% of women with infiltrating endometriosis, mostly involving the rectum and sigmoid1. Surgery is preferred when medical therapy fails or is contraindicated. Although segmental resection has shown …
To report our 3-year institutional experience of total laparoscopic (TL) segmental sigmoid colon/rectal resection for treatment of bowel endometriosis (BE).