2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.06.012
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Endometriosis of the Diaphragm: Four Cases Treated with a Combination of Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

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“…45,53,56,57 This combined approach may be particularly helpful in cases of inconclusive VATS, which may be the result of endometriosis involving only the abdominal diaphragm, causing catamenial phrenic nerve irritation and pain. 57…”
Section: Diagnosis: Thoracic Endometriosismentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…45,53,56,57 This combined approach may be particularly helpful in cases of inconclusive VATS, which may be the result of endometriosis involving only the abdominal diaphragm, causing catamenial phrenic nerve irritation and pain. 57…”
Section: Diagnosis: Thoracic Endometriosismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Larger diaphragmatic perforations can be sutured, although significant recurrences have been reported with this method. 60 Nezhat et al 56 reported the first laparoscopic and thoracoscopic management of diaphragmatic and lung endometriosis.…”
Section: Extragenital Endometriosis 459mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 2009 we published the first reported small case series undergoing a combination of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and traditional laparoscopy; this series showed that it is a safe and reasonable surgical option. 7 The current series is a larger follow-up study and allows further definition of the clinical manifestations of thoracic endometriosis and evaluation of the multidisciplinary treatment of combined VATS and traditional laparoscopy to address abdominopelvic and thoracic endometriosis in a single operation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We have previously described our standard approach to thoracic endometriosis. 5 Thoracoscopy revealed multiple hemorrhagic areas on the right lung with adhesions to the chest wall, which were resected. Other superficial areas of endometriosis affecting the right chest wall and right hemi-diaphragm were treated using plasma energy.…”
Section: Case Reportmentioning
confidence: 99%