By Özge ÖzkayaRobotic Surgery Not Linked With More Complications in Certain Cases
By Özge Özkaya
Robotic-assisted excision surgery to treat large rectal endometriotic nodules larger than 3 cm is not associated with a higher risk of complications following the operation compared to conventional laparoscopy, according to a new study published in the journal Colorectal Diseases.…
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Technical Facts for the Prevention of Complications After Deep Endometriosis Surgery
By Özge Özkaya
There are no differences in the risk of rectovaginal fistula in women with rectovaginal endometriosis who were managed by a liberal or restrictive policy of preventive stoma according to a study by French researchers published in the Journal of Minimally…
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Endometriosis Surgery Improves Sex Life
By Özge Özkaya
Women who underwent laparoscopic resection surgery to treat their deep infiltrating endometriosis had improved sexual quality of life and health-related quality of life according to a new study published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. These findings are important…
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By Selma OransayImprovement of the quality of life after surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis.
By Selma Oransay
Deeply infiltrating endometriosis is the most severe form among the endometriosis types. The required laparoscopic approach is the appropriate excision of endometriotic foci from pelvis, by consideration of failure and side effects of the medical treatments. The specialist endometriosis centers…
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Operative techniques for Deep Endometriosis Surgery - Shaheen Khazali, MD
By Özge Özkaya
In this presentation, Dr. Shaheen Khazali, an endometriosis surgeon specialized in gastrointestinal and urinary tract endometriosis excision and in neuropelveology, talks about the general principles and some techniques for endometriosis surgery focusing on rectovaginal endometriosis. He also describes the "ten…
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