37 year patient
Enrolled in the MESURE randomized trial (MEdical versus SUrgical management of REctal endometriosis), and allocated to the medical arm.
6 months after, due tu the lack of symptoms' improvement, she asked to undergo surgery.
She presented with a large deep endometriosis of low rectum and vagina. We performed a combined vaginal-laparoscopic-transanal approach, to completely remove macroscopic disease.
The rectum was shaved using PlasmaJet, than shaved area was removed using the Contour transtar stapler. We removed a 55m diameter rectal patch.
The movie presents the transanal step with comments in English
Operative time 2h.
The surgery was performed during a workshop, in which the participants were: Dr Jenny Alvirovic, Dr Jelena Kisic, Dr Tom Andreas Wik, Dr Mir Jafar Mossavi, Dr Anton Langebrekke (Norway), Dr Denis Tsepov (UK), Dr Paul Blaauwhof (South Africa). |