A Surgeon’s Perspective of Abdominal Wall Endometriosis at a Caesarean Section Incision: Nine Cases in a Single Institution

Table 1

Basic clinical information of all nine cases.

Patient number	Age at initial diagnosis	Year of C/S	Chief complaint	Department of the operator	First impression after physical examination	Imaging study used for diagnosis	Year of operation for AEC	Method of anesthesia	Obstetric history
1	31	2005	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GS	R/O desmoid tumor	CT	2008	G/A	1-0-0-1
2	34	2003	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GS	R/O desmoid tumor	CT	2007	G/A	2-0-0-2
3	40	2003	Painful mass	GS	R/O epidermal cyst	USG	2011	L/A	1-0-1-1
4	32	2002	Painful mass	GYN	R/O endometriosis	CT	2011	G/A	3-2-1-2
5	35	2002	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GYN	R/O endometriosis	USG	2010	G/A	1-0-0-1
6	29	2008	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GYN	R/O endometriosis	USG	2013	G/A	1-1-0-1
7	31	Unknown	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GS	R/O endometriosis	Not done	2005	S/A	2-0-0-2
8	36	2001	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GS	R/O desmoid tumor	CT	2007	S/A	2-0-1-2
9	32	2004	Painful mass has relationship with menstruation	GS	R/O granuloma in postoperative scar	CT	2013	G/A	1-0-1-1

C/S: Cesarean section; AEC: abdominal wall endometriosis in C/S scar; GS: general surgery; GYN: gynecology; G/A: general anesthesia; CT: computed tomography; USG: ultrasonography; L/A: local anesthesia; S/A: spinal anesthesia.