Laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with endometriosis.
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.
Berker
Bulent
B
Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
Lashay
Nanette
N
Davarpanah
Romina
R
Marziali
Massimilano
M
Nezhat
Ceana H
CH
Nezhat
Camran
C
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