Delayed functional outcomes associated with surgical management of deep rectovaginal endometriosis with rectal involvement: Giving patients an informed choice

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 890-899

  Roman, Horace ^a   Loisel, Cecile ^a   Resch, Benoit ^a   Tuech, Jean Jacques ^a   Hochain, Patrick ^b   Leroi, Anne Marie ^a   Marpeau, Loic ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique du Cdre   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal anastomosis; Colorectal resection; Digestive functional outcomes; Nodule excision; Rectal endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ADNEXECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEEP RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; DEFECATION HABIT; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILEOSTOMY; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTERIOR VAGINAL FORNIX RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER RESECTION; URETER SURGERY;

EID: 77949985351     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep407     Document Type: Article

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34. Submitted on August 9, 2009; resubmitted on October 8, 2009; accepted on October 23, 2009