Objectives: To correlate clinical characteristics and surgical findings in patients subjected to laparoscopic surgery for pelvic endometriosis. Design: Analytical, comparative, retrospective, horizontal study. Setting: Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, EsSalud, Callao, Peru. Participants: Women with pelvic endometriosis. Interventions: Between January 2005 and December 2009 1 616 gynecological surgical laparoscopies were performed. In order to correlate clinical characteristics with surgical findings, data was processed in Excel for Windows, SPSS statistical version 14.0 and chi square; confidence interval was 95%. Main outcome measures: Correlation of clinical characteristics and operative findings. Results: From 1 616 gynecological laparoscopies endometriosis was found in 24,4% (394 cases); higher incidence was observed in 2009 (26,4% of all cases). Average age was 37,1 ± 1,9 years ...

Objectives: To correlate clinical characteristics and surgical findings in patients subjected to laparoscopic surgery for pelvic endometriosis. Design: Analytical, comparative, retrospective, horizontal study. Setting: Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, EsSalud, Callao, Peru. Participants: Women with pelvic endometriosis. Interventions: Between January 2005 and December 2009 1 616 gynecological surgical laparoscopies were performed. In order to correlate clinical characteristics with surgical findings, data was processed in Excel for Windows, SPSS statistical version 14.0 and chi square; confidence interval was 95%. Main outcome measures: Correlation of clinical characteristics and operative findings. Results: From 1 616 gynecological laparoscopies endometriosis was found in 24,4% (394 cases); higher incidence was observed in 2009 (26,4% of all cases). Average age was 37,1 ± 1,9 years ...

Estudio analítico, comparativo, retrospectivo, horizontal, realizado en el Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, de EsSalud, en Callao, Perú, con el objetivo de correlacionar las características clínicas con los hallazgos operatorios en pacientes sometidas a cirugía laparoscópica por endometriosis pélvica. Entre enero 2005 y diciembre 2009 se realizó 1 616 cirugías laparoscópicas ginecológicas, de estas cirugías correspondió a endometriosis el 24,4% (394 casos); la mayor incidencia se observó en el año 2009 (26,4% de los casos). La edad promedio de las pacientes fue 37,1 ± 1,9 años y los síntomas o anormalidades presentadas con mayor frecuencia fueron infertilidad (42,9%), dolor pélvico (14,3%), tumoración pélvica (4,1%) sangrado uterino (2%) y dolor abdominal (2%). Se encontró más los estadios I (46%) y II (26%). No se logró relacionar infertilidad y localización ...