Correlation between endometriosis-associated dysmenorrhea and the presence of typical or atypical lesions.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between the severity of endometriosis-associated dysmenorrhea and the extent of the disease assessed both with a current classification system and with the number and type of endometriosis lesions.

Design: Prospective, blinded study.

Setting: Tertiary care, university hospital.

[Warthin's tumor].

Cystoadenolymphoma is a rare tumor of salivary glands. The classic clinical picture is described and four cases are presented. Current concepts of etiology, histopathology, treatment and prognosis are discussed.

[The treatment of intestinal intussusception in childhood].

Intussusception is one of the most frequent cause of mechanical bowel obstruction in children. On the basis of clinical features and diagnosis operations were conducted on 26 children. In 21, the treatment was manual disinvagination.

Endometriosis-Associated Dysmenorrhea Is Not Related to Typical or Atypical Peritoneal Implants.

From April 1, 1995, to December 31, 1995, 45 patients undergoing diagnostic or operative laparoscopy for infertility, pelvic pain, or both, were found to have endometriosis. No woman had undergone any preoperative medical or surgical treatment for the disease. Preoperatively they answered a questionnaire, including a visual analog scale (VAS) to evaluate their associated symptoms.

The prognostic significance of minimal intracystic vegetations during operative laparoscopy for adnexal masses in women of reproductive age.

Study Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of minimal intracystic vegetations in ovarian cysts approached by laparoscopy.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: A tertiary care university hospital.

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy as an alternative to abdominal hysterectomy. A pilot study.

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) allows for conversion of some abdominal hysterectomies to a vaginal route. LAVH may be particularly useful when adnexectomy is indicated. In this study the authors evaluate the results obtained in a series of 21 patients prospectively selected for LAVH.