Laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating colorectal endometriosis

Deep infiltrating endometriosis is a debilitating disease which usually affects young women and significantly impacts on the quality of life. Due to the fact that it remains a benign condition which usually affects patients at the reproductive age, an aggressive, radical surgical procedure might be...

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Published inArchives of the Balkan Medical Union : the official journal of the Balkan Medical Union Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 735 - 738
Main Authors Nicolae BACALBASA, Nicolae, BALESCU, Irina, VILCU, Mihaela, BREZEAN, Iulian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Balkan Medical Union 01.12.2019
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colorectal resection
endometriosis
full thickness resection
shaving
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Summary:Deep infiltrating endometriosis is a debilitating disease which usually affects young women and significantly impacts on the quality of life. Due to the fact that it remains a benign condition which usually affects patients at the reproductive age, an aggressive, radical surgical procedure might be considered as a too mutilating one by certain cases. In consequence, attention was focused on treating these patients in a less invasive manner, procedures like rectal shaving or full thickness local excision being proposed. In the meantime, once the minimally invasive techniques evolved, laparoscopic surgery has been widely proposed in the last decade in order to treat this pathology. The current paper is a literature review of the largest studies which investigated and compared the outcomes after minimally invasive approach for deep infiltrating colorectal endometriosis.
ISSN:1584-9244
2558-815X
DOI:10.31688/ABMU.2019.54.4.18