Publications by authors named "Jose Vitor Cabral Zanardi"
Objective: The purpose was to assess the rates of postoperative complications and the need of temporary stoma of laparoscopic surgical treatment for bowel endometriosis in a referral center.
Methods: The surgical indication, type of operation, operative time, length of hospital stay, need for a temporary stoma, rate of conversion to open surgery, postoperative complications were evaluated.
Results: One-hundred and fifty patients were included.
Purpose: To compare the operative outcomes of laparoscopic surgical treatment for bowel endometriosis in a public teaching hospital versus in a private referral hospital.
Methods: The indications for surgery, type and time of operation, length of hospital stay, need for a temporary stoma, rate of conversion to open surgery, and postoperative complications were evaluated.
Results: One hundred eighty-one patients were included (150 patients, 82.
Introduction: Endometriosis of the appendix is very uncommon, accounting for only about 1% of all cases of endometriosis. However, endometriosis is found in the appendix in approximately 8-13% of patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis and is particularly common in patients with severe forms of deep infiltrating endometriosis. Neuroendocrine tumors are the most common neoplasms of the appendix and may be misdiagnosed when there are multiple endometriosis lesions in the pelvis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the symptoms and wellbeing of patients who underwent laparoscopic colorectal resection for deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectum and/or colon in a single reference center.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey based on a structured questionnaire. All patients underwent laparoscopic discoid resection, segmental resection or shaving for deep endometriosis in a single reference center between October 2014 and October 2019.