Deep endometriosis infiltrating the recto-sigmoid: Critical factors to consider before management

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-339

  Abrão, Mauricio Simões ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^b   Falcone, Tommaso ^c   Keckstein, Joerg ^d   Osuga, Yutaka ^e   Chapron, Charles ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Villach Hospital   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^h INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Deep endometriosis; Minimally invasive surgery; MRI; Recurrence; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGMOID; SYMPTOM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RECTAL DISEASES;

COLON, SIGMOID; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 84928134446     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmv003     Document Type: Article

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