Laparoscopic treatment of complete obliteration of the anterior compartment | Eduardo Luna
Summary :
Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease it affects 10% of women, it is a frequent cause of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia and chronic pelvic pain in some cases is associated with infertility. Endometriosis affecting the urinary tract constitutes a small proportion of surgically diagnosed endometriosis, approximately 1% to 2%. Although renal and urethral endometriosis are extremely rare presentations of the disease, the urinary bladder is affected at a rate of 84%, followed by the ureter at 15%.A 40 year’s old female presented with a history abnormal uterine bleeding and dysmenorrhea with urgency incontinence. The MRI reported bladder endometriosis, and was programmed for laparoscopic total hysterectomy and right oophorectomy. The surgical treatment was performed successfully, with no postoperative complications, in the follow-up at 12 months the patient is without pelvic pain nor voiding disorders.
About Author :
• Deputy chief of the operating room section of Hospital Militar de Especialidades de la Mujer y Neonatología
• Med school graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Monterrey,
Mexico.
• Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics graduated from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
(UAEMEX), Mexico
• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM),
Mexico.
• High specialty postgraduate in minimally invasive surgery in gynecology graduated from the Facultad de Medicina
de la Universidad La Salle, Mexico.
• Master in laparoscopic surgery, surgical anatomy and advanced techniques of the female pelvis from the
International School of Surgical Anatomy (ISSA), Verona Italy.
