Abstract
Twenty-six patients with endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas were treated by laparoscopic excisional surgery; previous medical and surgical therapy had failed in 24 of them. Endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas occurred infrequently in association with bladder or ovarian endometriosis. Coital and rectal pain were markedly reduced or cured 6 months after surgery in all except 2 patients. Laparoscopic surgical excision of endometriosis is indicated when drug or other surgical treatments fail and may avoid the need for hysterectomy in some patients.
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