Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 7 , Pages 2115-2120 , 1 May 2010

Severe ureteral endometriosis: the intrinsic type is not so rare after complete surgical exeresis of deep endometriotic lesions

  • Charles Chapron, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology II and Reproductive Medicine, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
    • Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
    • Inserm, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Charles Chapron, M.D., Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics II and Reproductive Medicine, CHU Cochin, Saint Vincent de Paul, Pavillon Lelong, 82 avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France (FAX: 33-1-58-41-18-70).
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  • Ilda Chiodo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology II and Reproductive Medicine, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
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  • Mahaut Leconte, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Delphine Amsellem-Ouazana, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
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  • Nicolas Chopin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology II and Reproductive Medicine, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
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  • Bruno Borghese, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology II and Reproductive Medicine, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
    • Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
    • Inserm, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Bertrand Dousset, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France

Received 10 October 2008 ,Revised 29 December 2008 ,Accepted 16 January 2009.

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 C.C. has nothing to declare. I.C. has nothing to declare. M.L. has nothing to declare. D.A.-O. has nothing to declare. N.C. has nothing to declare. B.B. has nothing to declare. B.D. has nothing to declare.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00148-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.102

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 7 , Pages 2115-2120 , 1 May 2010

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