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Deep endometriosis: The place of laparoscopic shaving

Donnez, Olivier, Donnez, Jacques·2021·Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Abstract

Deep endometriosis (DE) is considered to be one of the most challenging conditions to manage, especially when it invades surrounding organs like the rectum. Surgical excision of deep rectovaginal endometriosis is required when lesions are symptomatic, impairing bowel, urinary, sexual, and reproductive functions, or if they evolve. Preoperative radiological examination should be extensive to determine the appropriate surgery: laparoscopic shaving, disc excision, or rectal resection. We demonstrated that in the hands of experienced surgeons, rectal shaving is possible for DE in more than 95% of cases, with low complication rates compared to rectal resection. Shaving and bowel resection are associated with comparable recurrence rates. As shaving is indicated whatever the size of deep lesions, surgeons should first consider rectal shaving to remove DE. Bowel resection should only be performed in case of major rectal stenosis (>80%), multiple and/or posterior rectal lesions and stenotic sigmoid colon lesions.

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Authors
Donnez, O., & Donnez, J.
Affiliations
UCLouvain (BE)
Corresponding author
Donnez, Jacques
Venue
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-03
Volume
71
Pages
100-113
ISSN
1521-6934 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3032985551
Cited by
28
References
95
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6
FWCI
0.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
Keywords
deep infiltrating endometriosis, rectovaginal endometriosis, bowel resection, rectal stenosis, endometriosis recurrence, surgical excision
MeSH terms
Endometriosis, Female, Humans, Laparoscopy, Postoperative Complications, Rectal Diseases, Rectum, Treatment Outcome

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