To demonstrate the quality of a combined vaginal-abdominal surgical approach to rectovaginal endometriosis by analyzing long-term outcome and recurrence rates.In a prospective cohort study in Berlin, Germany, women with endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum were enrolled between September 2004 and December 2012. Bowel infiltration was verified intraoperatively and treated by a nerve-sparing, mesentery-preserving vaginal-abdominal operative approach. Operative results were evaluated by assessing short- and long-term complications and recurrence rates.During the study period, 110 women underwent surgery. For 71 (64.5

作者：Mandy, Mangler；Julia, Herbstleb；Sylvia, Mechsner；Julia, Bartley；Achim, Schneider；Christhardt, K?hler

来源：International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2014 年 125卷 3期