Impact of appropriate surgery on endometriosis-related infertility

Impact of appropriate surgery on endometriosis-related infertility By Selma Oransay

Endometriosis surgery by removing all visible lesions and repairing damaged tisue is important to build normal pelvic anatomy. It is still difficult to predict postoperative pregnancy rates among women with endometriosis who suffer from infertility.  This retrospective study, conducted by Tahmasbi…

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Ovarian adhesion prevention with polytetrafluoroethylene during endometrioma surgery.

Ovarian adhesion prevention with polytetrafluoroethylene during endometrioma surgery. By Selma Oransay

The World Health Organization defined infertility as the inability to conceive after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse or after six months of fertility-focused intercourse. Depending on the chronic inflammatory character and causing adhesion formations within the peritoneum, endometriosis is…

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Which surgery for deep endometriosis? Laparoscopic shaving or rectal resection?

 Which surgery for deep endometriosis? Laparoscopic shaving or rectal resection? By Selma Oransay

This keynote lecture entitled "Deep endometriosis: The place of laparoscopic shaving" was presented by Dr. Jacques Donnez, the director of the infertility research unit at the Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, at the Annual International Medical Conference of the Endometriosis Foundation…

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