title: Laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with endometriosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the frequency and spectrum of histologically proved diseases of the appendix in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for chronic pelvic pain in conjunction with endometriosis in a tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient database with retrospective chart review (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).
  
  
  METHODS
  University ambulatory endoscopic surgery center-tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred thirty-one women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Appendectomy during laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We reviewed the medical records of 231 patients who underwent appendectomy during laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis performed from January 1994 through July 2004. Of the 231 patients with pelvic endometriosis, concomitant appendiceal pathology was present in 115.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The appendix may be involved and may contribute to pelvic pain in patients with endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berker
authors.forename: Nanette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lashay
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davarpanah
authors.forename: Massimilano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marziali
authors.forename: Ceana H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Nezhat
authors.forename: Camran
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nezhat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies