Andres MP

OBJECTIVE: To compare pain, menstrual flow, and quality of life (QoL) between women undergoing surgery for endometriosis only compared with women with endometriosis and coexisting adenomyosis. METHODS: A cross-sectional study, set in two t…

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the efficacy of dienogest (DNG) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists in the management of endometriosis-related symptoms following surgical intervention, their relat…

OBJECTIVE: To develop and internally validate machine-learning models for non-invasive triage of women at risk for endometriosis using structured clinical variables in a laparoscopically and histologically verified cohort. STUDY DESIGN: Th…

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the comparative efficacy and safety of various laparoscopic techniques for endometrioma management, focusing on their impact on fertility outcomes and ov…

Background: Data-extraction forms are tested before use in systematic reviews, but the guidance and error studies behind that practice concern numerical data. When the datum is a term transcribed verbatim from a source, as in evidence maps…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the clinical and demographic characteristics of patients undergoing endometriosis surgery in the public healthcare system, estimate the direct costs related to low- and high-complexity procedur…

Objective: To prospectively evaluate quality of life and symptom progression in patients before and after laparoscopic excision of endometriotic lesions, comparing outcomes across type of healthcare service (public vs private) and disease t…

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the association between symptoms and the site of endometriosis lesions using machine learning analysis. DESIGN: retrospective study. SETTING: Two tertiary hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 726 patients undergoing…

OBJECTIVES: To validate probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) as a method in assessing endometriosis during conventional and robot-assisted laparoscopy. STUDY DESIGN: Pilot study, including five women in Hospital Moriah, São Pau…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between genetic haplotypes associated with celiac disease (Human Leucocyte Antigen [HLA] DQ2 and DQ8) with the diagnosis, clinical presentation, and location of endometriosis in Brazilian women. METH…

Endometriosis's pathophysiology remains incompletely understood, with evidence pointing towards a dysregulated immune response. Regulatory T (Treg) cells, pivotal in maintaining self-tolerance, may facilitate the survival of ectopic endomet…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of preoperative ultrasound (US) in predicting the laparoscopically defined 2021 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) Endometriosis Staging. DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter stu…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expression of Ezrin and Phosphorylated Ezrin (Phospho-Ezrin) in endometriosis lesions and its relation to the menstrual cycle phase, stage of endometriosis, histological classification, and clinical symptoms. MAT…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequencies of iNKT cells and their subsets in patients with deep endometriosis. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted between 2013 and 2015, with 73 patients distributed into two groups: 47 women with a hi…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To develop a new endometriosis classification system for scoring intraoperative surgical complexity and to examine its correlation with patient-reported pain and infertility. DESIGN: Multicenter study of patients treated a…

Deep endometriosis (DE) is classically defined as disease that infiltrates structures by more than 5 mm, such as bowel, ureters, bladder and vagina. The two major symptoms related to DE are pain and infertility. A lot of debate goes on upon…

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of appendiceal endometriosis ranges from 0.4% to 22%. The carcinoid tumor is the most common neoplasm of the appendix, with incidence ranging from 0.3% to 0.9%. Appendix lesions develop in up to 22% of women wit…

Endometriosis (EDT), a common estrogen-dependent inflammatory disorder, is characterized by endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. While its pathogenesis is poorly understood, it is supposed that the immune system plays a role in its p…

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review of the literature on patients with extrapelvic deep endometriosis. DATA SOURCES: A thorough search of the PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases was performed. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION: …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To validate the algorithm for selective bowel surgery based on preoperative imaging by comparing the perioperative outcomes of patients who undergo each type of bowel surgery for deep bowel disease, and secondarily to evalu…

In this article we propose a structured imaging report applied to ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with suspected endometriosis.

BACKGROUND: Ovarian endometriosis is present in 17%-44% of women with endometriosis. The main treatment is surgery, but ultrasonography-guided aspiration is a less invasive alternative. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of this alt…