Appendectomy in the surgical management of women with endometriosis and pelvic pain.

Objective: To evaluate the role of appendectomy in surgical excision of endometriosis and to assess complications associated with appendectomy.

Methods: Retrospective study of women undergoing appendectomy for pelvic pain and/or endometriosis during a primary gynecologic procedure.

Results: Record review was performed for 609 women who underwent appendectomy between 2013 and 2019 for pelvic pain (6.

Appendiceal Endometriosis: Is Diagnosis Dependent on Pathology Evaluation? A Prospective Cohort Study.

Study Objective: To evaluate the diagnosis of appendiceal endometriosis (AppE) in coincidental appendectomy specimens using standard versus modified histopathologic analysis.

Design: Prospective analysis of 300 consecutive patients undergoing coincidental appendectomy at the time of a primary gynecologic procedure.

Setting: Academic tertiary referral hospital in the northeastern United States.

Surgical Excision Versus Ablation for Superficial Endometriosis-Associated Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Study Objective: To compare surgical excision and ablation of endometriosis for treatment of chronic pelvic pain.

Design: Randomized clinical trial with 12-month follow-up (Canadian Task Force classification I).

Setting: Single academic tertiary care hospital.

Ovarian Artery Embolization as a Treatment for Persistent Ovarian Remnant Syndrome.

Ovarian remnant syndrome (ORS) is a rare condition in which ovarian tissue persists at the site of prior oophorectomy and often causes debilitating pelvic pain. Gold standard of treatment is surgical resection. We report a case of persistent ORS in a 44-year-old female who was successfully treated with ovarian artery embolization after failure of standard medical and gynecologic therapies.