Resection of deep-infiltrating endometriosis could be a risk factor for uterine rupture: a case series with review of the literature.

Objective: To highlight the possible correlation between deep-infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) resection and subsequent uterine rupture.

Design: Case series and review of the literature.

Setting: Endometriosis referral hospitals.

[Evolution of symptoms and quality of life of patients after surgery of digestive endometriosis].

Objectives: Prospective evaluation of symptoms and quality of life before and after surgical treatment of endometriosis with bowel involvement.

Patients And Methods: Changes in symptoms, sexuality and quality of life before and after surgery of 41 patients operated for bowel endometriosis at the centre hospitalier de Versailles (CHV) were assessed with a self-assessment questionnaire. Pains were assessed using five visual analog scales, symptoms using 26 questions with a four-level Likert item, sexuality using the SEXACQ, and quality of life using the EHP-5 and the EQ-5D VAS.

Essure® permanent birth control effectiveness: a seven-year survey.

Essure appears to be a safe reliable contraception. The aim of this study is to report French pregnancies after Essure hysteroscopic sterilization. This study is a retrospective national survey between January 2003 and September 2010.

Outcomes and feasibility of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy among obese versus non-obese women.

Objective: To compare complication rates and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy among obese and non-obese women.

Methods: A retrospective multicenter study of 39 obese women and 111 non-obese women was conducted. Obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) above 30.

Prenatal demonstration of afferent vessels and progressive thrombosis in a torcular malformation.

Objectives: To elucidate a part of the prenatal natural history of dural sinus malformation of the posterior fossa.

Methods: Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging were performed from 31 to 32 weeks' gestation.

Results: We observed the progressive development of a thrombus that was visible as an expanding hyperechoic round area within a cystic mass of the posterior fossa.