PERITONEAL RETRACTION POCKET DEFECTS AND THEIR IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP WITH PELVIC PAIN AND ENDOMETRIOSIS.

Abstract Objective The objective of this video is to demonstrate different clinical presentations of peritoneal defects (peritoneal retraction pockets) and their anatomical relationships with the pelvic innervation, justifying the occurrence of some neurological symptoms in association with these disease. Design Surgical demonstration of complete excision of different types of peritoneal retraction pockets and a comparison with a laparoscopic retroperitoneal cadaveric dissection of the pelvic innervation. Setting Private hospital in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.