Mauro Busacca
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· 72 papers in corpus
2000
In Brief Objective To relate endometrial release of the soluble form of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 with extent of endometriosis. Methods Samples of endometrium were collected from 23 women with endometriosis. Soluble intercellular ad…
lab-animal
2000
The present study was conducted to investigate whether GnRH-receptor (GnRH-R) gene is expressed in endometriosis ovarian implants and whether a GnRH-analogue (GnRH-a) may exert an effect on endometriosis cell proliferation in vitro. The pre…
other
1999
nonrandomized-trial
1999
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of conservative laparoscopic surgery in a series of patients with stage III-IV endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-1). SETTING: University-affiliated ho…
rct
1999
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate short-term results of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy with those of total abdominal hysterectomy in a prospective, randomized, multicenter study. STUDY DESIGN: One hundr…
nonrandomized-trial
1999
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the recurrence rate after laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometrioma. STUDY DESIGN: An unrandomized prospective clinical study was performed at 2 tertiary-care centers of 366 patients who had a min…
1998
rct
1998
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of two laparoscopic methods for the management of endometriomas with regard to pain relief, pregnancy rate, and disease recurrence. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Tertiary care h…
1997
1997
rct
1996
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of danazol and a GnRH agonist as preoperative preparation for hysteroscopic metroplasty in women with septate uterus. DESIGN: Prospective randomized clinical study. SETTING: Tertiary care center. PATIEN…
observational
1996
Efficacy of Laparoscopic Pelvic Denervation in Central-Type Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Multicenter Study
Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic pelvic denervation (uterosacral resection or presacral neurectomy) for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain with a predominant central-type localization in women with endometriosis or wit…
case-report
1996
A woman with a unicornuate uterus subclass B and contralateral adnexa located above the pelvic brim was treated with controlled superovulation for primary infertility. She conceived, but following transperitoneal migration of the spermatozo…
1996
lab-animal
1996
PROBLEM: Development and progression of endometriosis have been suggested to be related to a defect of NK cells in the ability to eliminate endometrial fragments regurgitated with menstrual debris in ectopic sites. However, it has not been …
lab-animal
1994
Clinical and experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that some steroidal drugs with androgenic effects might influence the immune system. The present study investigated whether gestrinone is able to affect macrophage and lymphocyte ac…
lab-animal
1994
The influence of danazol on the expression of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity toward the stromal component of the endometrium was examined. Stromal cells were isolated from endometrial biopsy specimens of nine women without endometrial pat…
rct
1994
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to investigate the efficacy of postsurgical treatment with nafarelin in women with advanced endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Eligible for trial were women < or = 38 years old with unexplained infertility with or with…
1994
review
1994
lab-animal
1992
Danazol is an effective drug in the treatment of endometriosis. Previous reports suggest that it can act by influencing the immune system. Thus, in this study we evaluated whether danazol is able to affect the expression of natural and acti…
other
1988
Danazol is a synthetic steroid derived from ethisterone. Ten women with menometrorrhagia have been treated in order to demonstrate the modifications induced by Danazol on hyperplastic endometrium. Histological and hysteroscopic control demo…