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Laparoscopic excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: a prospective observational study assessing perioperative complications in 244 patients

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Abstract

Purpose

To examine peri-operative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).

Methods

This was a prospective study of a case series of women having laparoscopic excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis from September 2013 through August 2016 in a tertiary referral center for endometriosis and minimally invasive gynaecological surgery in Iran. Data collected included demographics, baseline characteristics, intraoperative and postoperative data up to 1 month following surgery.

Results

We analysed data from 244 consecutive patients, who underwent radical laparoscopic excision of all visible DIE. Major postoperative complications occurred in 3 (1.2%) and minor complications in 27 (11.1%) of patients. 80.3% of our patient group had Stage IV endometriosis. Segmental bowel resection was performed in 34 (13.9%), disc resection in 7 (2.9%), rectal shave in 53 (21.7%). Joint operating between a gynaecologist and colorectal and/or urological colleague was required in 29.6% of cases. The mean operating time was 223.8 min (± 80.7 standard deviation, range 60–440 min) and mean hospital stay was 2.9 days (± 1.5 standard deviation, range 1–11). The conversion to laparotomy rate was 1.6%.

Conclusions

A combination of different laparoscopic surgical techniques to completely excise all visible DIE, within the context of a tertiary referral center offering multi-disciplinary approach, produces safe outcomes with low complication rates.

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  1. Shaheen Khazali and Atefeh Gorgin have contributed equally to this work and will be equal first authors.

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  1. Centre for Endometriosis and Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (CEMIG), Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chertsey, UK

    Shaheen Khazali & Vasilis Minas

  2. Avicenna Centre for Endometriosis and Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (ACEMIG), Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

    Shaheen Khazali, Atefeh Gorgin, Arash Mohazzab, Roxana Kargar, Roya Padmehr & Khadije Shadjoo

  3. Royal Holloway-University of London, Egham, UK

    Shaheen Khazali

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SK: Project development, Lead surgeon, Manuscript writing and editing, Data analysis. AG: Surgeon, Manuscript writing, Data collection, management and analysis. AM: Database design, project coordination, Data analysis. RK: Surgeon, Data collection. RP: Surgeon, Data collection. KS: Surgeon, Data collection. VM: Data analysis, Manuscript writing and editing

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All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of the Avicenna Research Institute, affiliated to the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards (Ethical Committee approval number IR.ACECR.Avicenna.REC.1395.1).

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Khazali, S., Gorgin, A., Mohazzab, A. et al. Laparoscopic excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: a prospective observational study assessing perioperative complications in 244 patients. Arch Gynecol Obstet 299, 1619–1626 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-019-05144-6

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