A. Kontoravdis

Endometriosis is an inflammatory condition characterised by existence of endometrial tissue in extra uterine locations, being aggressive and invasive can cause a significant decrease in quality of life. Various scientific evidence suggests …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis of increased systemic oxidative stress in patients with endometriosis. SETTING: Tertiary care university hospital. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PATIENT(S): Sixty-six women of reproductive age under…

AIM: To determine the prevalence of ovarian cancer and endometrial polyps in women with moderate and severe ovarian endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 667 cases of moderate and severe endometriosis laparoscopically and his…

Laparoscopy is the most frequent surgical approach in gynecologic patients with acute or chronic pelvic pain. The symptomatology is frequently related to a specific gynecological pathology such as endometriosis or associated adhesive diseas…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common symptom and a difficult condition to manage especially during adolescence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of CPP during this period of life.…

Twenty-one women presenting with different diseases, with absolute or relative contraindications to hormonal contraception or the use of intrauterine devices, received 300-600 micrograms/day buserelin intranasally from the 1st to the 21st d…

OBJECTIVE: To discriminate the etiology in 2365 patients with acute and chronic pelvic pain (APP, CPP). METHODS: Diagnostic laparoscopy was carried out in 736 patients (31.1%) with APP and in 1629 (68.9%) with CPP. In 315 patients (13.3%) …

The peritoneal fluid volume (PFV) and its cellular and acellular components have been repeatedly associated with infertility. The PFV from 88 infertile women was analyzed in relation to endometriosis, pelvic adhesions, tubal patency, lutein…