Publications by authors named "Ian Brochu"

Study Objectives: The primary objective is to determine the rate of morbid events (urinary tract infection, hematuria, urinary retention, false positive, incidental finding) associated with routine cystoscopies performed intraoperatively during total laparoscopic hysterectomies (TLH). The secondary objectives are 1) to determine the rate of urinary complications during TLHs in our centers and 2) to determine the detection rate of urinary complications using cystoscopy during TLHs.

Method: Descriptive retrospective multicenter study.

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Objective: To review short- and long-term complications associated with intraoperative rupture of benign ovarian cysts.

Data Sources: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, BIOSIS, Medline (Ovid), Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Google Scholar were searched using the following terms and their combinations: "spillage," "rupture," "leakage," "ovarian cyst," "teratoma," "dermoid," "operative," "surgery," "outcome.

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