The influence of intrauterine environment on the risk of endometriosis is still controversial. Whether birth weight modifies the risk of endometriosis in adulthood remains an open question. For this purpose, we designed a case-control study involving 743 women operated on for benign gynecological indications from January 2004 to December 2011. Study group included 368 patients with histological...

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrium-like epithelial cells and/or stroma located outside uterus, generally with associated inflammatory response. Commonly on ovaries and peritoneum, endometriosis can also infiltrate retroperitoneal space pelvic organs, known deep (DE). This narrative review aims to compare accuracy transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) magnetic resonance imaging (MR...

OBJECTIVES To report the outcomes of surgical management of urinary tract endometriosis and discuss the choice between conservative and radical surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed data concerning women managed for ureteral or bladder deep infiltrating endometriosis in 5 surgical departments participating in the CIRENDO prospective database. Preoperative data, surgical procedure data, ...

Background: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) in contrast to superficial endometriosis is known to cause intense pain-related symptoms depending on the anatomic region and depth of infiltration. Despite the known impact of DIE, clinical comparison to superficial endometriosis is difficult to accomplish because no DIE classification is used regularly and the rASRM score does not consider DIE...

Endometriosis is a benign but troublesome gynecological condition, characterized by endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. Lately, the discovery and validation of noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers for endometriosis is one of the main priorities in the field. As the disease elicits a chronic inflammatory reaction, we focused our interest on two factors well known to be involved in i...