OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk and outcome of bowel injury associated with new techniques of transvaginal pelvic endoscopy. DESIGN: A multinational retrospective survey based on confidential, self-reported cases. SETTING: Tertiary referral centers for infertility. PATIENT(S): Infertile patients without obvious pelvic pathology. INTERVENTION(S): Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy and fertiloscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Full-thickness bowel injury. RESULT(S): Thirty-nine responders reported a total of 24 bowel injuries (0.65%) in 3667 procedures. After initial experience, the prevalence of bowel injury was 0.25%. All of the injuries were diagnosed during the procedure. Twenty-two (92%) of the cases were managed without consequences. CONCLUSION(S): The bowel lesion caused by the new techniques of transvaginal pelvic endoscopy tends to be minor and under strict conditions can be treated expectantly.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk and outcome of bowel injury associated with new techniques of transvaginal pelvic endoscopy. DESIGN: A multinational retrospective survey based on confidential, self-reported cases. SETTING: Tertiary referral centers for infertility. PATIENT(S): Infertile patients without obvious pelvic pathology. INTERVENTION(S): Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy and fertiloscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Full-thickness bowel injury. RESULT(S): Thirty-nine responders reported a total of 24 bowel injuries (0.65%) in 3667 procedures. After initial experience, the prevalence of bowel injury was 0.25%. All of the injuries were diagnosed during the procedure. Twenty-two (92%) of the cases were managed without consequences. CONCLUSION(S): The bowel lesion caused by the new techniques of transvaginal pelvic endoscopy tends to be minor and under strict conditions can be treated expectantly.
Authors: Edward D Auyang; Byron F Santos; Daniel H Enter; Eric S Hungness; Nathaniel J Soper Journal: Surg Endosc Date: 2011-05-07 Impact factor: 4.584
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