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Table 1 A series of 3,298 cases of deep endometriosis treated by the laparoscopic shaving technique without segmental resection

From: Deep rectovaginal endometriotic nodules: perioperative complications from a series of 3,298 patients operated on by the shaving technique

Laparoscopic shaving surgery (n = 3,298)

Lesion size (cm)

2.8 (1–6)

Duration of surgery (min)

70 (31–238)

Hospitalization (days)

2.7 (2–7)

Complications

 •Rectal perforation during shaving

42 (1.3 %)

 •Fecal peritonitis requiring colostomy

1 (0.03 %)

 •Rectovaginal fistula

2 (0.06)

 •Delayed hemorrhage (<24 h postoperatively)

3 (0.09 %)

 •Ureteral injury (transection)

4 (0.12 %)

 •Ureteral fistula (thermal damage)

6 (0.18 %)

 •Urinary retention (temporary, <5 days)

21 (0.64 %)

  1. In 37 cases, bowel resection was carried out by laparotomy because of bowel stenosis with mucosal involvement (not included in the series of 3,298 patients). In this series of 37 cases, 27 were for recurrence of severe pain after shaving
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