Laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis: the Stanford University hospital experience with 96 consecutive cases.

Purpose: We report the clinical characteristics and the principles of laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis at our institution.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients with ureteral endometriosis.

Results: Preoperatively 97% of patients complained of pain but only a third had urinary symptoms.

Endometriosis of the diaphragm: four cases treated with a combination of laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.

Study Objective: We aim to describe the clinical characteristics and the principles of combined laparoscopic and thoracoscopic management of women with diaphragmatic endometriosis at our institution.

Design: Case series (Canadian Task Force Classification II2).

Setting: Tertiary care referral center.

Venous air embolism after using a birth-training device.

Background: This case describes a birth-training device used by a pregnant woman to stretch the perineum.

Case: A primigravida suffered near cardiovascular collapse and subsequent acute respiratory distress syndrome after using the device at home. Her symptoms and clinical course of disease revealed a high likelihood of venous air embolism.