Dr. Mitroi

I haven’t yet, but I will be traveling from Canada to Bucharest for my surgery in a few weeks. There’s a whole FB group for Canadians in this situation: “Canadians travelling to the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre” even if you’re not Canadian, a lot of women who have completed their trips have shared their experiences there. Dr. Mitroi’s assistant told me he recommends staying 7-10 days after surgery before flying home. I’m staying for 12.

Your surgeon meant, “there’s nothing **I** can do about it because I don’t have the skills necessary, but I don’t want to admit that to you”. My gynecologist told me the same thing last May. I found a surgeon (Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Center) who had the skills to do excision surgery and they partnered with a colo-rectal surgeon (Dr. Augustine Dima) to do a bowel resection.

Wow, I can’t believe he said that to you. A stoma bag is a *possibility*, but it really depends on the situation. In my case, I had two nodules on my bowel. The lowest nodule was 12 cm up from the rectum. Dr. Mitroi explained to me that they really only worry about the possibility of needing a stoma bag if the nodule is 8 cm or lower. I’m based in Canada, but unfortunately had to go to Bucharest, Romania for surgery. I know Mr. Shaheen Khazali at the Lister Hospital is very good and handles cases like this! But I’m not sure if you’d be able to see him without going private.

All of the above! It was actually a surgeon at the Ottawa hospital, the best endometriosis surgeon in Ottawa, who told me that my best option would be to leave Canada and get surgery in another country. Even with Stage 4 endo that had infiltrated my bowel, he said it’d be 1.5 years before I could get surgery in Canada. And I was already more than a year into the process of trying to get surgery. He also said that I’d need a colo-rectal surgeon to do the bowel resection, so I might need 2 separate surgeries in Canada, vs. Some endometriosis centres elsewhere had teams of surgeons and I could get it all done in one surgery. He recommended the UK or India, but after doing some research I saw that Romania had a very skilled surgeon (Dr. Gabriel Mitroi) with a lot of positive reviews, and surgery with him would be much cheaper than the UK, and easier to get to than India. Dr. Mitroi did my excision surgery, and his colleague Dr. Augustine Dima did my bowel resection. All one surgery.

Happy to share whatever info I can about it! Hopefully you won’t need an ileostomy. One of the reasons I chose Romania was the skill level - in Canada the surgeon warned me that there was a 10% chance of me getting a colostomy bag if I went forward with the resection. Dr. Mitroi said in my case, it wasn’t a concern. They do many surgeries per week - far more than they do in Canada. The recovery process went well! I stayed in the hospital in Bucharest for 3-4 days, and then went back to my hotel room for the rest of the time. I had a post-op appointment a week after my surgery with Dr. Mitroi. I stayed in Romania for 12 days post-op, then flew home to Canada.

I had laparoscopic excision surgery and a bowel resection done about 10 weeks ago! I’m a Canadian and ended up going to Bucharest, Romania to get the surgery done. Dr. Mitroi and Dr. Dima are very, very skilled. I ended up having 20 cm of my bowel removed, and I did not end up with a colostomy bag. It was actually a surgeon in Ottawa who told me that my best option was to leave Canada and get surgery in another country. He told me there was a 10% chance I’d end up with a colostomy bag if I got the bowel resection. Dr. Mitroi explained that they usually only worry about a colostomy bag if the endometriosis on the bowel is less than 8 cm from the external opening. My lowest bowel nodule was 12 cm up, so he told me it wasn’t a concern in my case. I do know of a few women who had surgery with Dr. Mitroi and Dr. Dima and needed a temporary colostomy bag - but they were able to get it reversed after about 4 weeks, instead of the 2-3 years it would have taken in Canada. It makes sense

It went really well! I had my excision surgery + a bowel resection. They ended up needing to remove 20cm of my sigmoid colon due to endometriosis nodules, but Dr. Mitroi works with Dr. Augustine Dima (a colo-rectal surgeon) and they were able to do it all in one surgery. Recovery is a process! Physiotherapy + pelvic floor physiotherapy are really helpful.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Your anger is completely valid. I was there last September; after a year and a half of waiting to see a surgeon in Canada, he told me that despite my severe stage 4 endo with bowel nodules requiring a resection, it would be a year and a half for surgery. He recommended I go outside of Canada for surgery if possible. I was floored. And then I was angry. I ended up going to Romania, to the Bucharest Endometriosis Center and having surgery with Dr. Mitroi in December.

I went to the Bucharest Endometriosis centre (I’m a Canadian) and had my surgery with Dr. Gabriel Mitroi, he works with a team of surgeons including the colorectal surgeon who did my resection, Dr. Dima. They knew beforehand I’d need a bowel resection so it was planned for Dr. Dima to be involved.

Oh friend, I am so sorry you’re in this situation. I was there last year. I was referred to Dr. Singh, with stage 4 and 2 nodules on my bowel. I thought the severity of my case meant I’d get surgery within the next few months. I saw Dr. Singh in September and he told me that it’d be a 1.5 year wait for surgery. He advised me that if it was at all possible, I should go out of country for surgery. I went to the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre in Bucharest, Romania and had surgery (including a bowel resection) with Dr. Mitroi. Maybe Dr. Chen has a shorter waitlist, but if you have bowel involvement, that will likely require a colorectal surgeon to be present… which can make it more complicated to schedule, I guess. The BEC has a colorectal surgeon on staff, Dr. Dima, who did the actual resection part of my surgery. I would encourage you to call the Shirley Greenberg clinic and ask about the status of your referral. If it’s accepted, ask to be put on a cancellation list to hopefully

I think it took them like 2 weeks to review and accept my referral. It is incredibly frustrating and disheartening! Not something you ever expect to hear from your doctor in Canada, but at the same time I really appreciate Dr. Singh’s transparency. I flew to Bucharest 3 days before my surgery, then had an MRI with their radiologist and did some pre-op blood tests. They use the MRI to help plan the surgery. Administratively, they’re a little disorganized, but the medical care was incredible. Some of the nurses don’t speak English, but all the doctors and the admin staff do. Dr. Mitroi is available via WhatsApp to his patients. I texted him twice after my surgery about concerns I had, and he responded within a few hours each time. He’s incredible. He also texted my SO when the surgery was over to let him know how it went. I stayed in Romania for 12 days after surgery. I was in the hospital for 3.5, and then had a post-op checkup with Dr. Mitroi a week after my surgery. It was

My surgeon was Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre! And the bowel surgeon that works there is Dr. Augustine Dima. No exploratory lap, he asks people to get an MRI with their specialist radiologist and then he plans the surgery based on the MRI report. My surgery included a bowel resection, so it was $11,000 CAD. Women I met there that didn’t have a bowel resection were in the $4000-5000 CAD range.

I first contacted them last October, and they offered me a surgery date early December. I stayed in Romania for a total of 14 days (2 before surgery and 12 days after). No requirements before going. I emailed Dr. Mitroi with a list of symptoms and included copies of ultrasound reports I had. I had been seeing a gyn surgeon in Ottawa, but he was the one who actually advised me to go out of country for surgery if possible due to the severity of my case and wait times. He said it’d be about 1.5 years for me to get surgery in Canada, and that’s 1.5 years from signing the consent papers to have surgery with him, not counting the time it took just to see him. My family doctor was very supportive, and the gyn surgeon who told me to go out of country has no issue with providing follow up care. Other women I met who had surgery in Romania had their doctors here drop them, which is horrible. It really depends on the doctor. I have adenomyosis and endometriosis. Dr. Mitroi asks you to d

I had excision surgery + a bowel resection with Dr. Mitroi and his team in Bucharest last December! It was hands down the best decision I’ve ever made. I got my period last week and felt no pain. Before surgery, I was Stage 4 and in constant pain, it didn’t matter what time of the month it was. Their radiologist Dr. Livia is amazing. She sees things that other radiologists can’t.

Feel free to ask as many questions as you want! I’m an open book. I know how scary and uncertain it feels! As for the consultation, I would say it depends on how you feel. I didn’t do it. I just emailed him some ultrasound reports and a list of my symptoms. He plans the surgery based on the result of Dr. Livia’s MRI report. I had my MRI on a Monday, tests on Tuesday, surgery Wednesday. He called me Tuesday night to discuss the plan for surgery. I think the consultation is good if you’re not sure if he’s the right surgeon for you and want to speak with him beforehand. I felt confident in his skill based on his reputation and reviews I’d read. It can feel hectic and disorganized, but they are very good at what they do. He is excellent. Manuela sometimes forgets things, so if you decide to go ahead with it don’t be shy to message her or Raluca on WhatsApp with questions. I was on continuous birth control for a few months before surgery, no issue. If you aren’t on birth control an

They told me to be at the hospital for 6am the day of my surgery. He does several in a day, so if you’re the second or third you won’t know the exact time of your surgery and you may have to hang out in your hospital room for a few hours before they take you down. Mine was the first of the day, so I got to my hospital room and then put my things away. They ask you to take a shower with special green soap, then put on the hospital gown. Dr. Mitroi came in to say hi and check how I was doing around 8am, and then a nurse came by to take me down to the ICU. In the ICU they hook you up to an IV and get you to change into a different gown (a disposable papery one), and then shortly after that they walk you into the OR. The OR is freezing!! They ask you to take off your gown and hold it over you as you climb up onto the table, then drape it over you. My surgery took around 3-4 hours. Dr. Mitroi messaged my SO on WhatsApp when it was done and let him know it went well. They keep you in the I

I’m so sorry to hear that you’ve had such a rough experience! Did they mention why they weren’t able to remove it from your bowel and rectum? I know most regular gyn surgeons won’t, but there are places who work with colo-rectal surgeons and are able to remove it. I was able to have endo removed from my sigmoid colon and my rectum. This was after being told by my gynaecologist that they wouldn’t be able to touch it during surgery. I’m a Canadian and ended up going to Dr. Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre. He works with Dr. Augustine Dima, a colo-rectal surgeon.

I’m not sure where you are located, but would you consider travelling for surgery? I’m a Canadian who had a bowel resection with Dr. Gabriel Mitroi & Dr. Augustine Dima in Bucharest, Romania (the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre). I was told by my gynecologist in Canada that surgery wouldn’t help me and that since it was on my bowel, there was nothing they could do. Dr. Mitroi said otherwise.

It feels embarrassing to talk about at first, but it’s so important! I had really bad bowel symptoms last year, and eventually was able to find a surgeon who took me seriously and was willing to operate. My left ovary and fallopian tube were stuck to my sigmoid colon, and there were 2 nodules of endometriosis on my sigmoid colon. It was also in the retrocervical area and rectovaginal space infiltrating the superior rectum. I ended up having a bowel resection with Dr. Gabriel Mitroi & Dr. Augustine Dima from the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre. Your symptoms sound really familiar 😣 I find staying hydrated is *extremely* important. Restoralax/miralax are very helpful, I was taking it daily (making sure I stayed hydrated!). Peppermint tea also helps. Pelvic floor physiotherapy can also be helpful - chronic pelvic pain can cause tightness and tension, which makes it more difficult for things to get moving properly! They also teach you how to breathe properly with your diaphragm, whi

I don’t know where in Canada you are, but getting an endo surgery that includes removing endo from your bowels is really difficult in Canada! I’m in Ottawa and was advised by my surgeon at the Ottawa Hospital that surgery involving the bowel would need to be done by a general/colorectal surgeon, so after waiting all that time to see him he referred me to another surgeon… he said it would be 1.5 years+ for endo surgery with him and if it was at all possible he recommended going out of country for surgery. I had my surgery done by Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis centre. He works with a team of surgeons (including Dr. Augustine Dima, a colorectal surgeon) so I was able to get everything done (excision of stage 4 endo + bowel resection) in one surgery only 2 months after I first reached out. The bowel pain was excruciating prior to surgery… and now it’s completely gone.

The total cost of my surgery was $10,995 CAD, but I had a bowel resection. For those who didn’t have a bowel resection, it was like $3500-6000. I stayed in the hospital for 3-4 days! And then stayed in a hotel after. I was in Bucharest for 14 days altogether (2 days pre-op for testing / 12 days post-op). I had a post-op appt with Dr. Mitroi 1 week after my surgery, and he was available via WhatsApp the whole time. There’s a Facebook group - [Canadians Travelling to the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre](https://www.facebook.com/share/FFkEpckLEYykrDfg/?mibextid=K35XfP) where everybody shares their experiences!

I travelled for surgery. I had surgery with Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre. It was the best decision for me, I have no regrets. Dr. Mitroi works with a team of surgeons, so I was able to get my bowel resection done at the same time by Dr. Augustine Dima. They get you to do an MRI before the surgery with a radiologist (Dr. Livia Stanciulescu) who specializes in endometriosis and then they plan the surgery based on her report. She’s amazing. Happy to answer any questions you may have about the BEC.

Having been a patient of Dr. Mitroi’s, this doesn’t surprise me at all. And I don’t mean that in a bad way! I think when he’s saying he will “diagnose” you, he means that he’ll do the physical exam and talk to you about your symptoms and that will give him a good idea of what’s going on and where to look. He uses the MRI they do to plan the surgery, not necessarily to “diagnose” in the sense of diagnosing a disease. He is quite busy and I think that’s likely why they said they don’t need your medical records - he’ll be able to get all the info he needs from talking to you / your physical exam. I had a great experience with the BEC. They can seem disorganized (especially Manuela) and like they’re flying by the seat of their pants, but in terms of medical care, they are exceptional. He is very good at what he does, and he does A LOT. This means he runs around and can seem hurried or scattered, but the actual medical care does not suffer. For some people, though, his approach can be

It’s really difficult to get treatment in Canada. I’m in Ottawa. I ended up going to Romania and getting surgery with Dr. Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre… I left Canada for surgery in another country at the recommendation of my surgeon from the Ottawa hospital. There’s a Facebook group called Canadians Travelling to the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre with a lot more info, if that’s something you’re open to. Have you been able to get any tests done? Ultrasound, pelvic MRI? Your family doctor can order those tests. And honestly if you’ve been in pain for this long and they *haven’t* ordered at least an ultrasound, that’s pretty horrible.

I struggled with this myself two years ago. My gynaecologist tried to send me away with another prescription for hormonal medication I didn’t want. He said it would treat the pain. I told him I didn’t just want to treat the pain, I was concerned about the damage it was causing inside and that it might be on my bowel. He straight up told me “even if it is on your bowel, surgery won’t help you”. When I asked him about excision surgery, he started to back pedal. I had to push very hard to get him to refer me to a surgeon. Six months later I had surgery that included a bowel resection - 20 cm of my sigmoid colon. But, I had to go out of country for it. I left Canada and travelled to Romania for surgery at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre with Dr. Gabriel Mitroi. It’s horrible how hard we have to fight.

I just wanted to chime in to say that I went to Romania (from Canada) to see Dr. Mitroi and with everything included (flights, hotel for 2 weeks, surgery including bowel resection) my total cost was just under $20k CAD. Dr. Vidali is in the US yes but if it’s going to cost you $200k… yikes.

I did! I have zero regrets, it was the best thing I’ve ever done. I reached out to Dr. Mitroi mid October 2022, and was scheduled for surgery on December 7th 2022. I had an MRI with their radiologist Dr. Livia Stanciulescu 2 days before my surgery, and she discovered my endo was more extensive than previously thought - she also found a second node of endo on my sigmoid colon (the MRI I had in Canada hadn’t detected either of the nodes). Dr. Mitroi uses her MRI report to plan his surgeries. Because he works with a team of surgeons, I was able to get a bowel resection done by Dr. Augustine Dima during my surgery. They removed 20cm from my sigmoid colon, and I didn’t need a colostomy bag. I stayed in the hospital in Bucharest for 3-4 days after. All the doctors speak English, but only a few of the nurses. We were able to get by. After I left the hospital I was able to reach Dr. Mitroi via WhatsApp if I had any questions or concerns. I reached out twice, and both times he responded wi

Trip was 14 days total! 2 days pre-op and 12 post-op! They recommend staying 7-10 days after surgery, and that would have been doable if it was a short flight… but I’m glad we waited the 12. Oh - after surgery they prescribe anti-coagulant subcutaneous injections to be done daily for 7ish days. You can hire a nurse to come inject you if you’re bad with needles! I think it’s around 200 EUR. I got my SO to give me the injections. I didn’t get the robotic surgery, Mitroi actually wasn’t doing it yet. He started a month or two after my surgery! I had: - endometriomas on both ovaries - left ovary/tube/part of uterus stuck to sigmoid colon - left fallopian tube removed (blocked by endo scar tissue, filled with blood and swollen) - both uterosacral ligaments - both ureters - retrocervical area - rectovaginal space infiltrating the superior rectum - 2 recto-sigmoidian nodules - 2 subserosal fibroids - also diffuse adenomyosis

I had surgery with Dr. Mitroi (& Dr. Augustine Dima for my bowel resection) at the BEC in December 2022! My surgery was a little more on the expensive side due to the bowel resection, and came to $11,000 CAD. Friends who only had endo excision were in the $3000-5000 CAD range. They also get you to have an MRI with their radiologist prior to the surgery and that cost $540 CAD. Going to the BEC was the scariest but best decision I’ve ever made for myself. I’d probably still be waiting for surgery if I’d just stayed in Canada. Anything in particular you want to know?

Ottawa here. I finally got my Gynecologist to refer me to a surgeon who would do excision surgery for my stage 4 endo with bowel nodules, and when I finally was able to see the surgeon he told me surgery would be 1.5 years + and recommended I go out of country if possible, so I went to Romania to the Bucharest Endometriosis Center for surgery with Dr. Mitroi. My gynecologist was only offering birth control/IUD, Visanne, and Orilissa. What I learned is that you have to do your research in advance and figure out what you want to get out of an appointment, and then push for it.

I went to Romania! The Bucharest Endometriosis Centre with Dr. Mitroi. He usually books surgeries 2 months out. The surgery cost is around $3000-6000 CAD for mild/moderate endo. Bowel involvement makes it usually in the $6000-12000 range. I had a bowel resection and stage 4 endo, mine was $11,000 CAD. Happy to answer your questions 🩷

I had stage 4 and a bowel resection (so a second surgeon was in my surgery) and stayed in the hospital for 3-4 days - my cost was $11,000 CAD. They also ask you to do an MRI with their radiologist to help Dr. Mitroi plan the surgery - $540 CAD. Plus pre-op tests - ~$200 CAD. Post-op prescriptions ~$150 CAD. Not cheap, but also not even close to as expensive as going to the US, even factoring in flights and a two week stay.

Have you looked into Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre in Romania? He’s the one who did my surgery, and I know he and his team deal with more complicated cases! He works with a team of surgeons so they can handle more complex cases. I had stage 4 with 2 nodules on my sigmoid colon, so I had a bowel resection done. Left ovary / tube / part of uterus stuck to sigmoid colon, left fallopian tube blocked / swollen with blood. Endometriomas on both ovaries. Also had endo on both uterosacral ligaments, both ureters, and in retrocervical area and rectovaginal space infiltrating superior rectum. If you haven’t reached out to him it’s definitely worth a shot! His office can be a bit disorganized, but the medical care I received was wonderful.

He recommended [Dr. Shaheen Khazali](https://endometriosisconsultant.co.uk/mr-shaheen-khazali/) in the UK, who works with a team of specialists. I looked into it but it seemed like going to the UK would cost in the 30k CAD range - I ended up going to [Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre in Romania](https://bucharestendometriosiscenter.com). He also works with a team of specialists. My surgery for my Stage 4 + bowel resection was $11,000 CAD. Romania is much cheaper, and the medical care was very good! I have no regrets about my choice.

I’m in Ontario and went to Romania, Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre. I was stage 4 and had a bowel resection, so my surgery cost more than most at $11,000 CAD. Flights for my SO and I, hotel for 2 weeks, pre-op tests, prescriptions, etc. were on top of that and another $5000ish. Other Canadian women who had surgery with Dr. Mitroi (and did not need a bowel resection) paid in the $3000-$5000 range for their surgery.

I’m in Ottawa and in 2022 I had stage 4, deep infiltrating, endometrioma cysts, my left fallopian tube blocked by scar tissue and swollen with blood, left ovary/tube/part of uterus fused to my sigmoid colon, and had 2 nodes of endo on my sigmoid colon. My surgeon at the Ottawa Hospital (Dr. Sony Singh) actually told me that my best option was to go out of country. He told me I’d need a bowel resection and trying to get a surgery time with gyno + colo-rectal surgeon would be tough. He also said there was a chance I’d end up with a colostomy bag. I went to Romania. Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the [Bucharest Endometriosis Centre](https://bucharestendometriosiscenter.com). He works with a team of surgeons, including a colo-rectal surgeon (Dr. Augustin Dima). They get a lot of Canadian patients and are very familiar with the process. I emailed him all my test results (ultrasound, MRI) and described my symptoms. He said he could help and offered me a surgery date 2 months from then. As far a

I’m in Canada and had the gynaecologist I was seeing tell me that surgery wouldn’t help me and that there was nothing they could do about endo on my bowel. I ended up going out of country and going to Dr. Gabriel Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Centre in Romania. He works with a team of surgeons, including a colo-rectal surgeon. They reviewed my test results and recommended the bowel resection. I understand they want to put off surgery as long as possible, as surgery can cause other issues (scar tissue, etc.), but in my case I’d had endometriosis for over 15 years and it was causing a lot of damage. My left fallopian tube was blocked by scar tissue and swollen and had to be removed, endometrioma cysts on both ovaries, the bowel nodules, etc. It’s a tough decision between waiting long enough that you don’t need multiple surgeries, and not waiting so long that it causes a bunch of damage.

For me it's not even about the wait times. I'm terrified for a Canadian surgeon to touch me here. They think they know endometriosis and it's after surgery you find out they don't. I am way less nervous or scared of putting my life in Mitroi's hands than I am at the thought of anyone maiming me here. Women are dying in Canada from horrible endometriosis healthcare and it's disgusting. He's one of the few and best in the world with his team and online they even have the medical journal of endometriosis from A-Z. I trust the man that wrote the book on my disease hands down.

I had a chocolate cyst and that actually was the only thing that wasn't found in my second surgery. I can't say for sure this was what had helped but I was told to take NAC which is an amino acid that's studied to bring down inflammation even in COPD patients but the happy fact is it actually has been shown to shrink cysts and fibroids. Designs for health is the brand i use since it was the recommended one. You could also just email questions to mitroi or vidali about your situation to have another opinion if you feel lost. It's not easy and I only say that because I had trust in my surgeon until I found out I shouldn't have. Not saying yours is a bad one but when it comes to Endo these two just know exactly what they're looking at and all the forms Endo can take. Some surgeons just don't know what every kind looks like. Also I say to contact them because they're very validating and it helped my mental health so much to just have someone have a conversation without having to explain

Who did you see? Di.vidali and dr. Mitroi are the only two I feel like I'll go to for my lifetime now. Honestly I had no idea how messed up my surgery in Canada made me until I went to romania. I hate that we only get to realize what things are through so much damn work and anguish.

https://bucharestendometriosiscenter.com/ I just had surgery last month in Romania and the Bucharest endometriosis center. Dr. Mitroi and his surgical specialists team have put together a free download that's half way down their main page thats called endometriosis A-Z This e book is all their info and experience in an easy to read format that can absolutely help you through your appointments. I'm sick of being told my Endo isn't my Endo and the bull shit docs here who haven't been and are not being trained in proper endometriosis surgically or simply at the gp level. I can tell you for Canada at least the government allocated 1.6 million for Endo to only two organizations. I'm sure they are doing some good things but it's nothing that is ACTUALLY needed like docs learning wtf Endo really is instead of the biased god complex of a style now where they get to tell women what will and won't be done for their condition while simultaneously causing them more harm by denying STUDIED fa

I can only say what I did for myself. I had my first surgery in Canada and I got my diagnosis so for that reason and that alone I'm happy I had it. I had debilitating pain before the surgery and it did relieve it for four months. After that I realized how poorly Endo is funded and treated in Canada and I decided to fly to the surgeons who know what they're doing and do it right the first time. I suggest two dr. Vidali who has been doing Endo surgery since 1996 and I personally think he's a really nice person endometriosis_surgeon on insta is his page where he gives lots of info and dr.mitroi and his team at the Bucharest endometriosis center where I had my second surgery done and found how vastly different Endo is done there. So the surgery once right the first time and don't wait until it grows to the point where you're in pain and have to trudge through the system. Im 34 now and I've been trying for 11 years to get pregnant. If I could go back in time I would have done this much fast

https://bucharestendometriosiscenter.com/ Above is a link to the Bucharest endometriosis center. I had surgery there with dr. Mitroi who is an amazing surgeon and his team is beyond excellent with how much time and solid work they put into endometriosis for patients. If you scroll half way down the page there is a pdf download button to download the Endometriosis A-Z manual The surgical specialists at the center have put together a concise medical journal of Endo. Has everything from surgery to medications to where pain can present. Birth control doesn't stop the growth of Endo in any way. North american standard is to give birth control. It's not the best science for Endo it's just pretty well the only way docs have been managing it because they aren't trained in what Endo is, we don't have surgeons specialized enough in high enough numbers to do excision surgery which is the actual gold standard WHEN you have a competent surgeon which many are not because Endo isn't funded en

I was in the same situation being told I was fine when I knew I wasn't. I reached out to dr. Gabriel mitroi from the Buchanan endometriosis center. If you go to their website the have a contact button to email them for questions on what you should do since he will ask you about what you're feeling. The surgical team there literally gave me my life back. Just talking to a professional who doesn't need to be corrected felt amazingly validating. Another world class surgeon is dr. Vidali out of NYC. I would contact both for consult if you can because it was the best thing I ever did with Endo in my life.

Yes luckily I was able to get in and fly to Romania. I had dr. Mitroi and his surgical team do my second lap and they found and removed it all including the adhesions she created and the left side excised again since it had grown back in the span of four months since she didn't remove it correctly. I also had cysts on my tubes .. never mentioned more than just one she removed. I don't talk about this much but there was a point in Romania when I had the MRI before surgery that I had a call wondering if I had my tubes removed, my heart sank but in the end it was the imaging that made them hard to see but they were there. .. but it hit me in that moment that I literally couldn't say for certain weather they had removed them and not told me or not. That's how little trust I have in our system that I actually wasn't completely shocked that they could have taken them and just not noted it down. It was probably the worst feeling I've ever had in my life because then I knew why I felt so sad

For me no, I don't take any hormonal medications just anti inflammatory ones. After surgery I was able to cut back on a lot of stuff I was taking because I didn't have the same symptoms anymore so now I've just been keeping up on certain suppliments I'm lacking in and I take dim which helps flush excess estrogen but is OTC. My surgery lasted four months before pain came back after an obgyn did it. My surgery with Dr. Mitroi I had way more Endo found and removed and I've been good since. I actually find the only thing I battle with now is hormonal acne when before I couldn't walk.

After I was unable to walk I had surgery with dr.mitroi at the Bucharest Endo center and he literally gave me a whole new life. I had no idea what normal felt like until I managed to get to him and now I'm saving for my next surgery already because I won't let anyone other than vidali treat me again.

I did quite a bit of searching locally and nothing to the caliber of dr. Mitroi was available so I flew to Bucharest Romania to the Bucharest endometriosis center. I had a lap that spotted Endo on my bowel, bladder, and ureters at home but they wouldn't touch those spots and when I had my surgery with mitroi I realized very quickly what the differences between them were. Their surgical team is top notch and I can honestly say after doing it I can't imagine going to a regular gyno ever again....it's laughable to have a gynecologist or anyone under an excision specialists touch the disease. Best decision of my life and it was simple with them I just sent an email and mitroi got back to me personally quicker than my doc here does to return a call. 👌

Dr. Mitroi did my surgery and I hands down will be flying back to have it done again when needed with little hesitation. His team gave me my life back and did way better surgery on me than I had access to at home. They also treat you respectfully there not like you're a number. Romania is also beautiful on its own so being there isn't entirely expensive which helps the trip cost.

I'm in the same boat and for complete and proper excision I flew to the Bucharest endometriosis center and had surgery with Dr. Mitroi and his team before IVF. Another top tier surgeon for this specific situation is dr. Vidali in NYC. He also does surgeries in other locations. I would absolutely do the surgery before doing IVF. Endo can be in a lot of places you don't realize until a surgeon goes in and removes it. The surgeon matters the most so for me personally I will only use those two. If I would have gone ahead I don't think with the growths I had anything would have worked. The Bec website has a pdf download that has sections on this specifically. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LeTINnEZNIkTHcaArmbN75OaKuTlwZNt/view?usp=share_link Super handy resource. 🫂

For me I wasn't able to access proper excision surgery at home so the pain I was in became unmanageable. Mitroi's team did my surgery and I walked out feeling like Cinderella like I was in my true body for the first time. I didn't realize how much Endo I had before that surgery because the obgyn that did my previous one never noted any of it so I was happy I did the surgery first because I had no idea my bladder was also affected until it was done. I did a few consult calls about the fertility side of things because I had always been told I had unexplained infertility so luckily when I did get the surgery mitroi said that now there shouldn't be any physical issues in the way so even just for the peace of mind and emotions of it all I found it to be very worth it because I have more of a sense of certainty about what's going on inside.

I've had two, my first one was my exploratory lap that was done by an obgyn so very minimal clear out of growths mostly just taking the sample to get pathology to diagnose. Second surgery I had done at the Bucharest endometriosis center in Romania by dr. Mitroi and he absolutely cleared out everything I had in there and found about 60% more growths than the obgyn recognized in my first surgery. Both gave relief but the second full excision has given me so far a year of no pain when before I couldn't even cough or sneeze without my legs buckling from the left and right uterosacral ligament Endo in my lower back among other places. My first surgery the pain was better for about 4 months, so the surgeon definitely matters.

If you haven't heard of it before there is a great Endo center in Bucharest that treats endometriosis specifically. Dr.mitroi and his team are amazing people and offer second opinions on MRIs and other imaging. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LeTINnEZNIkTHcaArmbN75OaKuTlwZNt/view?usp=share_link This pdf download is the Endometriosis A-Z manual written by the surgeons there. It's an amazing resource of information. I had surgery there last year and he gave me my life back.

Have you ever heard of Dr mitroi or dr Vidali? I had bowel and bladder Endo and I had the same experience in Canada they noted Endo but left it pretty well alone after the lap I had no one trying to help me find someone to remove it. It was affecting my ability to eat and by the time I had figured out they had no intention of helping me I was unable to even use the washroom or get food in. I flew to Romania for surgery with Dr. Mitroi and he removed everything in one surgery and gave me my life back. The surgeons at the BEC center are absolutely amazing with information and navigating Endo. I sent them an email to inquire about my symptoms and had them get back to me within 24 hours which was honestly faster than my local gp answers my calls.

Hello, i also have endometriosis diagnosed in 2021 in sweden and fought as hard as i could to get the treament i needed. My symtoms were very similiar to your. Unfortunatly for me swedens health care is disgustingly bad. I was unable to even walk but they all kept telling me it was all in my head. After 3 years of fightning for care i gave up on sweden and went to Romania after finding Dr. Gabriel Mitroi. In 25mins with an mri they found that i had stage 4 and 2 days later i was on the operating table. Once i woke up all the pain was completly gone i felt like a new person. My life has improved so much since the surgery, im not sure if this would be an option for you, but i just want to share that there is always hope and there are doctors out there who actually wants to help you. I hope you find something that works for you, don't give up sister ❤

If she's interested in getting a hysterectomy and excision surgery i would recommend Dr. Gabriel Mitroi from romania. I manged to get a surgery there in a month. When i said i wanted a hystrectomy he just said "okay we'll do anything you want". Compared to here in Sweden where they just said no you're too young you need lupron and hormones.

I went to the clinic in romania, Dr. Mitroi is amazing imo he saved my life pretty much haha. The cost for my procedures was a total of 22k lei around 5k usd. The price range for surgery when i went this march was between 2,5 - 5k$ and the MRI to diagnose and locate leisions are just 200$ there. It's the best and cheapest option in EU from what i could find.

Hi hi fellow swede, i tried to get help with my endo in sweden aswell but if im gonna be honest don't even bother with these incompitent losers. I could barely walk or eat for over 2 years and they did absolutely nothing, i asked for a referal to the endo centers in sweden multiple times and got denied everytime since i didn't try to have 2 iuds, 4x dose of progesterone and taking lupron at the same time like wtf. They only wanted to write a referal after i told them i would go to romania for surgery but that was a little too late at that point. However i am kind of glad they did it since i found a surgeon in romania, since he is way more compitent than the surgeons in sweden. In sweden they perform around 5 excision surgeries per month, meanwhile Dr. Mitroi do atleast 5 surgeries per week.

Yeah swedens health care really is shit. If you want to you can send an email to Mitroi and his team for online consultation for free. His team is really great, very kind and understanding. You can also apply to försäkringskassan.se för planerad vård utomlands, i think it's called so you can get out insurance before you go abroad for treatment. Not sure how fast it is tho, they were too slow for me since i got an apointemt for the surgery and MRI within a month. I had to apply for kompensentation för vård utomlands instead and still waiting for the money. I payed 50k Sek in total for everything but i still havent recived them yet, been around 3 months now

The clinic in Romania is great, Dr. Mitroi and his team are so good. They made me able to walk again and finnaly have my life back. If you can afford it and there is no other options in canada i would definetly recommend them. There were actually a few canadians there when i was there too

I actually had my 2nd surgery with him yesterday after another botched surgery in sweden, he's a really great and kind surgeon. The only thing you need to bring is really just a brush and clothes. They give you shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste with the room. Some nurses are not able to speak english but they know what they are doing so just trust them. He's very busy so you normally only get to see him a short period of time before and after surgery. My results so far have been great and he really gave my life back to me

The durgeon i've been to twice with great results from both, has recently added a thoracic surgeon to his team to help them excise leisons from the chest area. His name is Dr. Gabriel Mitroi and he works for bucharest endometriosis center in Romania. I don't where u from so Romania might be a bit far away but he has online consultation if you want to get a 2nd opinion

I've went to Dr. Gabriel Mitroi 2x in 2023 to have my botched surgeries fixed. I've never had any issues except communication where it gets a little hectic sometimes since he is very busy most of the time. He works almost 24/7 so it can be hard to reach him sometimes but his assitant is very easy to reach. I was supposed to have my stitches removed at 08:00 ish but he had an emergency surgery and then like 3 more after that so I had to wait until 19:30 but it didn't bother me that much. Some nurses are not able to speak english so misunderstandings appen, if that is a major concern for you maybe look somewhere else. For my first surgery (6h) i paid around 5k $ and the 2nd (45min) i paid 3,8k $.

If you are on FB find Nancy's Nook group and read all the articles. There is a website as well. Google Bucharest Endometriosis Center and Dr Gabriel Mitroi. I had done a lot of reading and found him to be the expert in excision surgery. I emailed him with my case and he gave me his opinion. I set up a GFM and flew there for surgery. Booking time is about two months. Tell him you would like to have kids. Honestly, it's excision surgery preformed by an actual expert (there are no experts in Canada that I would trust right now, Nancy's Nook has a list of experts). Don't trust a doctor that does ablation, says they are only looking for "black Endo" or believes in "inactive or dead" Endo. After being in pain for 6.5 years I'm so glad to be 27 days post op and feeling better every day. If I can share my experience to save anyone time I will, message me if you want. I hope you find the relief and care you need.

MRIs usually don't detect Endo, or that is what we are told. In Romania they saw Endo on my MRI. I would send your scan to the Bucharest Endometriosis Center and see what they say. For my MRI there, I did a bowel cleanse and then they put a gel inside (vaginally and rectally) for a clear picture. Dr Mitroi is really lovely and helpful, I'm 75 days post op and feeling so much better.

I had severe leg pain as my Endo progressed. It was growing on my sacral nerve and excised. I had it a few other places, on my ovary and the back of my uterus. I also had adenomyosis and had a hysterectomy. I flew from Canada to Bucharest Endometriosis Center in Romania for surgery with Dr Mitroi 332 days ago. I had been using a walker for about a year due to leg pain and weakness. I no longer have pain in my legs, pelvis or abdomen. I had continued to have an inflamed nerve and have been getting lidocaine injections to calm it down but it is nothing like pre surgery pain. I'm now thinking of returning to work around my one year post op date! I'm not sure about the arm pains. I didn't have that much but did notice my arms get tired from laying down. I was so deconditioned and in so much pain I was pretty much bedridden.. everything hurt.. sometimes it was hard to tell the hurts apart. I hope you get it figured out and if surgery is necessary that you have a very skilled excision spec

Hello! I would be happy to connect! I am still doing well from my surgery with Dr Mitroi. They moved hospitals and now have robotic surgery as an option. The nursing staff has changed but I'm sure they are still wonderful. Dr Mitroi and his direct team, including the MRI radiologist, all speak English fluently and Google translate could help you if someone doesn't speak English. They usually book in 2-3 months unless it's an emergency, I spoke to them about getting a friend in and they offered us a spot within the month which was amazing but she decided to stay in Canada for care.

I did! Would absolutely do it again if need be, but almost 6 months out I feel so much better than I did before. The team was excellent and the recovery was mostly a breeze, just bear in mind the suspended ovaries that will only be released on post-op consultation after a week or so. Those aren't exactly painful, but did slow me down to a literal snail pace when I had them. I've had an MRI with them too, it helped me greatly to understand what exactly was going on inside of me.

I didn't really had time for that. I was in a great deal of daily pain, so was ready to get surgery ASAP and luckily for me Dr Mitroi had a slot in less than three weeks. With scheduling MRI, flights and everything on such a short notice I didn't think I'd have enough time to schedule a consultation, but I did have a talk with a doctor before the surgery describing my symptoms and MRI finds. The anesthesiologist was brilliant, so I didn't have much in terms of the side effects. I was loopy as hell the day of the surgery right afterwards, but since they let you stay in a hospital for a few days, it wasn't exactly a problem. All I've had really was a sore throat - was taking lozenges for that, so it was just mildly annoying. I didn't have much in terms of constipation, that is a common side effect: went to the toilet on a second day after the surgery, used a stool softener once on a third day because I panicked of not going for a day, but it was all alright afterwards. Maybe I'm just lu

Writing to agree with you completely on this. The center itself can be very disorganised and chaotic at times, but thankfully the quality of care doesn't suffer from it much. It's just that Dr. Mitroi is just one person and can't be in multiple places at once, even though he tries his best and is very approachable online in case you have any questions. I've had my first real life conversation with him on the day of the surgery, since the one scheduled before on a previos day didn't happen due to scheduling issue and then he was busy with the evening surgery longer than expected and wasn't available for a call. At first I was very put off by this, but quality of the surgery and aftercare were exceptional, so I'd give it a pass. I needed a surgery asap as my endo started encroaching on other organs and it wasn't possible to have it in any reasonable timeline in my country, so I travelled to Bucharest instead and very pleased I did so.

Hi! I'm living in Ireland and last March I went to Romania for surgery with Dr. Mitroi. The experience was absolutely worth it, as after months of daily pain with no relief I'm finally able to function. Bear in mind that it is best for you to stay in Bucharest for at least a week after the intial surgery. I personally scheduled 10 days-ish to be on the safe side. While buying tickets make sure to ask for assistance on flight back, as airport queues may still be too exausting. You'll be staying in a hospital for at least the first couple of days, so most of the aftercare will be handled on site. After that you'll be given a prespcription and a date for a post-op consultation while you still in the country. The prescription can easily be filled in Romania, as you'll need those meds straight away. To me they're given more than enough recovery meds and I still have most of it left, so I didn't use any Romanian prescription in Ireland. In case you'd need any professional aftercare while st

Hi! I live in Ireland and I travelled to Bucharest for a surgery with Dr. Mitroi in 2023. My case was kinda similar: my condition was deteriorating and I managed to get the MRI, consultation and surgery there faster than just getting a consultation to be put on a surgery waiting list with a private gynae in Ireland. The surgery changed my life for the better: no longer I am in constant severe pain and bedridden. I was lucky to have zero complications and recover quite quickly despite the fact that I've had DIE excised in a lot of areas. But I do understand that this is all anecdotal and I belive that people can have negative experiences with this doctor too. The worst part for me was how disorganized everything seemed, apart from that I can't recall any complaints. I don't know if Ireland has an MRI technician specialised in endometriosis and if they do endometriosis protocol MRIs here at all: I think it's better to ask around, but a year ago I couldn't find anything like that. A regu

My family paid privately for my surgery with a BSGE surgeon in 2022, but he did not complete the surgery as it was too complex for him as there was bowel involvement. He said I would need a second surgery with a colorectal surgeon present, which would be charged separately. He also said I would need a protective stoma for 12 months as my rectum would need re-secting. I was gutted as they paid £11,000 for the surgery in total. I ended up seeking a second opinion as I wasn't happy with the thought of a stoma and I travelled to Romania for surgery with Dr Gabriel Mitroi, who performed the surgery with no re-section needed and no stoma. My costs for surgery with him were £6,000 so much cheaper than UK, even with flights and accommodation factored in. The point to my ramlbing is that travelling for surgery can be a cheaper option, particularly someone like Dr Mitroi, who is a proper specialist. Something I didn't realise until just after my failed surgery in 2022, is that BSGE surgeons on

I had surgery with Dr Mitroi in Romania in 2023 and I was given espresso shots with every single meal and encouraged to chew gum to help me go to the toilet. He's an expert in endometriosis surgery so I'm sure caffeine will be fine. I also use magnesium citrate and slightly increased my dose post-op which helped me go to the toilet on day 3 when in the past following surgeries, it was more like day 7.

Romania! Dr Mitroi at the Bucharest Endometriosis Center got us in for March 2024 when we reached out in December 2023 just before the NY. It is cheaper than out of pocket elsewhere for a specialist in USA, he has access to a DaVinci robot *highly recommend - have had 1 surgery with and 1 without it and the robot was way better even with it being more extensive and invasive surgery + a hyster AND pudendal nerve decompression on right side). I paid ~$26-28k all in including flights, travel expenses, air bnb for 14 days I believe, that’s hospital expenses and meds too. I had a total hysterectomy, endo excision (around my sciatic spine 🤮, DIE on my bowels & bladder) and lower bowel shaving, they also cut away adhesions and some weird ass scar tissue thing that in Canada they told me was an umbilical hernia (it wasn’t..), aaaand a pudendal nerve decompression surgery on the right side. I’m probably missing something. It’s so fxcked up how much work we have done and somehow are treated like

A lot of us with endometriosis and adenomyosis wind up with pudendal neuralgia (compressed pudendal nerves) — I saw Dr Mitroi in Romania for my second surgery and was diagnosed w bilateral PN. He decompressed the right nerve (can only do 1 at a time due to the invasive and traumatizing nature of the surgery — and I still don’t know if it will end up being worth it tbh…) and while I have less swelling on the entire right side of my body compared to my left now — I am still struggling a lot and the nerve healing is hella slow (plus the left one is pissed from compensating for the right while it heals). ANYWAYS - all this to say: from what my friend (also dx w same thing and also treated in Romania back in March) and I have put together is that if you map out where the pudendal nerve runs in your pelvis and abdomen you realize it touches basically EVERY organ and attaches where a lot of us have pain around our rib cages / diaphragm area (note: I had this checked in surgery and no endo fou

I have endometriosis, had adeno but got a hyster last year along w my second endo surgery (DIE on bladder and bowels) and was also diagnosed and half treated for bilateral pudendal neuralgia (compressed pelvic nerves) at that time in Romania w Dr Mitroi. He put me and my friend (had a v similar surgery, same dx) on Lyrica (pregabalin) for healing post-surgery as this version is said to help heal nerves as well as change the way your brain processes pain (which has been both a good and bad thing for me for different reasons — it’s smtg to keep an eye on w these types of drugs). I haven’t thought much about whether it’s helped my GI symptoms and everything else because I assumed removed endo from my bladder & bowels mainly helped that lol but I know I FEEL IT when it’s anywhere from 20-24h from my last dose of pregabalin.

I had surgery with Dr. Mitroi in January, and I don’t regret it for a second. Well worth the money even if things don’t always run as you would expect in your own country. This man has completely changed my life, and he was able to get me in within 2 months of sending the first email.

I got my stage 4 endo excision/ bowel resection done by Dr. Mitroi and his team, and I can’t say enough good things about him. His bedside manner was fine- he was quite funny at times and he felt authentic. As far as pudendal nerve- I actually told him during my in person consult that I wasn’t interested in the procedure and he said he agreed with me and it wasn’t recommended in my case. I found that he was very open to hearing my concerns and wishes, and I felt that I was in great hands. I’m more than a year out from my surgery and I still feel like a new person. Of course there are cultural differences in Romania, but I felt cared for and seen during my entire stay and afterwards when I reached out with questions!

It’s wild that this came up on my feed - I am in Bucharest right now! I had surgery with Dr Mitroi 2 weeks ago. I head back to Canada on Sunday. I’m still healing obviously but so far I’m so so glad I came. Dr Mitroi and his team, as well as the hospital they work out of (I had my surgery at a hospital called Monza) exceeded all my expectations. I had deep infiltrating endo removed from behind my uterus and cervix as well as my rectum and colon. I got an MRI here before surgery which found way more endo than the MRI I had at home. It also found a compressed nerve, chronic hip inflammation and adenomyosis. This was my first surgery for endo. After feeling so neglected and gaslit by the system back home, Dr Mitroi listened to every single concern I had and his bedside manner was incredible. Plus he stays in touch after surgery to check in.