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Recurrent pain after hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophorectomy for endometriosis: evaluation
of laparoscopic excision of residual endometriosis
Clayton RD, Hawe JA, Love JC, Wilkinson N, Garry R.
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1999. Vol 106 pp 740-744
This paper describes five patients who had residual endometriosis managed by laparoscopic excision. There is now increasing evidence of patients who have had hysterectomy with incomplete removal of endometriosis and subsequent troublesome symptoms. The paper emphasizes that hysterectomy alone does not cure endometriosis and concurs with the evolving view that all of the endometriosis should be excised at the time of surgery. Patients considering vaginal hysterectomy alone who have symptoms of pain suggestive of endometriosis should probably have a laparoscopy at the time of the procedure so that endometriosis is not left behind.
Michael Cooper
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