title: Bladder endometriosis: possibility of treatment by laparoscopy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Genital endometriosis is still an unclear enigma of the female. It occurs in approximately 20% to 35% of all women of reproductive age. The urinary tract is seldom affected.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a patient with bladder endometriosis with recurrent heavy pain at menstruation within the framework of 5 similar cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A combined vaginal and laparoscopic treatment with excision of the lesion reaching into the dome of the bladder and vaginal wall was performed. The bladder opening was sutured in 2 layers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic treatment of bladder endometriosis requires a combined surgical treatment by a gynecologist and urologist or an experienced laparoscopist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany. endo-office@email.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: Liselotte
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mettler
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaikwad
authors.forename: Bastian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riebe
authors.forename: Thoralf
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schollmeyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures