G. B. Melis

We studied the role of colour Doppler energy (CDE) (or power Doppler) imaging in the differentiation between endometriomas and other adnexal masses in premenopausal non-pregnant women. A total of 170 consecutive patients with persistent adn…

Ovarian cysts are a common cause of hospital admission in several countries. For this reason, and because of the increasing impact of minimal access surgery in clinical practice, a preoperative assessment that offers a reasonable degree of …

OBJECTIVE: To verify if a 6-month period of hypoestrogenism due to chronic treatment with GnRH analogue (GnRH-a) causes irreversible bone loss in young women. DESIGN: Controlled clinical study in volunteer women. SETTING: Department of Ob…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of transvaginal ultrasonography combined with CA-125 plasma levels in the diagnosis of endometrioma. DESIGN: Prospective study with pathological confirmation of the diagnosis. SETTING: Department of Obstetric…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of CA 19.9 plasma levels (with or without CA 125 levels) combined with transvaginal ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of endometrioma. METHODS: One hundred eighteen consecutive premenopausal …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of an oxidized regenerated cellulose absorbable barrier (Interceed [TC7] Absorbable Adhesion Barrier) in the reduction of adhesion reformation after laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. METHODS: …

Endometriomas have a prevalence of 24% among all ovarian cysts. Various sonographic features have been proposed to identify endometriomas. Although the visualization of ovarian masses with low-level internal echoes is suggestive for the end…

OBJECTIVE: To compare laparoscopy and laparotomy in the management of benign adnexal cysts, with particular attention to postoperative convalescence. METHODS: Forty premenopausal, nonpregnant women, 18-40 years of age and without acute pel…

Reproductive Medicine Unit Department of obstetrics and Ginecology University of Bologna,Italy. \nDepartment of obstetrics, Ginecology and Reproductive Science Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, USA

Endometriosis is a disease of the female pelvic mesenchyme in which tissue with epithelial and stromal characteristics of the endometrium develops in a situation other than in the uterus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence…

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of laparoscopy not only in the diagnosis but also in the therapy of pelvic endometriosis. Ninety-four patients underwent laparoscopy between May 1991 and May 1993. The patients were divi…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficiency of transvaginal ultrasonography in the screening of endometriomas and in differentiating endometriomas from other ovarian masses. DESIGN: Prospective study with surgical and pathological confirmation of …

Before and on the 30th day of danazol administration (200 mg/day), in six postmenopausal women the activity of endogenous opioid peptides has been indirectly evaluated by the effect on LH secretion and body temperature (measured as rectal t…