Urinary endometriosis: MR imaging appearance with surgical and histological correlations.

Objectives: The goals of the study were to describe the MR imaging features of endometriosis of the urinary tract and identify those that suggest intrinsic involvement of ureteric wall.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-five women with proven urinary tract endometriosis and who had preoperative MR imaging between 2001 and 2011 were included retrospectively. MR images were intrepreted by one junior and one senior radiologists.

[Single-shot ropivacaine wound infiltration during cesarean section for postoperative pain relief].

Objective: To assess the efficiency of single-shot ropivacaine wound infiltration during cesarean section for postoperative pain relief, using a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.

Patients And Methods: One hundred consecutive patients with planned cesarean section were enrolled between September 2007 and May 2008 and randomized into two groups: single-shot wound infiltration of 20mL of ropivacaine 7.5mg/mL (Group R; n=56) or single-shot wound infiltration of 20mL of saline solution (group T; n=44).

[Postpartum perineal pain: effectiveness of local ropivacaine infiltration].

Goal: To assess efficiency of local ropivacaine infiltration in perineal pain after episiotomy and perineal tear during the first 24 h after vaginal delivery.

Materials And Methods: Case control survey, including 62 consecutive patients with episiotomy and/or perineal tear during two consecutive periods: the ropivacaine group from February 2, 2008 to March 27, 2008 (n=31) and the control group from December 27, 2007 to January 1, 2008 (n=31). In the ropivacaine group, patients received 10 ml of ropivacaine 7,5mg/ml as a local infiltration along the perineal damage.