The Independent of may 16th wrote “IVF clinics accused of putting money before safety” Infertility treatment in addition is complicated by another even bigger problem which causes avoidable costs and physical suffering for women seeking infertility treatment. As explained in 2004 when receiving the “Distinguished surgeon award” of the ASRM the introduction of laparoscopic surgery [...]

The discussion on robotic assisted surgery is continuing . Following our opinion statement on www.endometriosis.org John F Dulemba posted in World Endometriosis Research Foundation 7 January 07:43 PEOPLE. THE ROBOT IS JUST LAPAROSCOPY!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE WATCH THIS MINUTE VIDEO….TO THE VERY END. YOU WILL SEE HOW PRECISE THE INSTRUMENTS CAN BE, AND I DO NOT THINK [...]

Endometriosis risk and dietary fat consumption Risks factors for developing “endometriosis” are discussed since 30 years while this is a frequent topic at meetings and factors as heredity, age, menstrual flow etc seem to be common knowledge if judged from the literature and from endometriosis websites. We even suggested 30 years ago that typical endometriosis [...]

Surgical mistakes and surgical quality. Recently, surgical mistakes have been highlighted in the Belgian press because of surgical instruments left behind in the abdomen of patients. Fortunately this occurs very rarely. However, it has been said that more people die every year because of surgical mistakes than by car accidents Google ‘surgical mistakes’ and the [...]

Message: I need a tubal reversal procedure  called tubouterine implantation to remove coils : do you do that surgery? Answer Tubouterine implantation to remove coils can be done,  but the success rates depend upon the depth the coils were inserted – for an istmo-isthmic reanastomosis :  over 80% – for a isthmo-cornual reanastomosis : 50% [...]

Recently the Italian press has been debating bisfenol as a cause of endometriosis. This needs some comments 1. The relationship between endometriosis and endocrine disrupters as dioxin started in 1994 with the article of Koninckx-Kennedy-Barlow soon followed by the primate article of Rier. Since then numerous articles have been published but the relationship remains unclear. [...]

Peritoneal stripping in  endometriosis ? “Peritoneal stripping of large areas of normal looking peritoneum” as a treatment for endometriosis is circulating on the web. It was recently debated in newspapers and is being discussed on patient forums. It even is advocated by some gynaecologists. Since in the literature as pubmed no publications are found, some [...]

I’m just writing this mail because of my adenomyosis : an adenomyoma of 9 cm in the myometrium, found in april 2009 after a laparotomia. Everybody told me Adenomyosis is impossible to surgery. So I did therapy whit Enantone 3,75 for 6 months, but the adenomyoma not reduced its size. I’m looking for a pregnancy, [...]