P.G. Crosignani

No ORCID on file · 14 papers in corpus · active 1994-2011

Study types

  • article 12
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 13
  • dysmenorrhea 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • dyspareunia 3
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • infertility 1
article 2011
Reply: Oral contraceptives and the endometriosis domino effect
·doi:10.1093/humrep/der087

intake.It is for this reason that accurate information about the duration of post-operative hormonal treatment in each patient should be mandatory in all prospective or retrospective studies that focus on the surgical management of endometr…

article 2011
The 'incessant menstruation' hypothesis: a mechanistic ovarian cancer model with implications for prevention
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der211

Serous, endometrioid, clear cell and mucinous histotypes are the most common epithelial ovarian cancer. Most serous cancers appear to originate from precursor lesions at the fimbriated tubal end, whereas most endometrioid and clear cell can…

article 2010
Non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis: the goal or own goal?
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deq141

Laparoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis. Although some forms of the disease, such as ovarian endometriomas or deep infiltrating lesions, can now be reliably diagnosed using non-invasive instruments, adhesions and…

review 2009
Medical treatment for rectovaginal endometriosis: what is the evidence?
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dep231

BACKGROUND: Rectovaginal endometriosis usually causes distressing pain. Surgical treatment may be effective but is associated with a high risk of morbidity and major complications. Information on the effect of medical alternatives for pain …

article 2006
Association between endometriosis stage, lesion type, patient characteristics and severity of pelvic pain symptoms: a multivariate analysis of over 1000 patients
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/del339

BACKGROUND: The association between lesion type, disease stage and severity of pain was studied in a large group of women with endometriosis to verify whether endometrial implants at different sites determine specific complaints and to eval…

article 2006
Reproductive performance, pain recurrence and disease relapse after conservative surgical treatment for endometriosis: the predictive value of the current classification system
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/del230

BACKGROUND: To assess the predictive value of the current classification of endometriosis in terms of response to surgical treatment, we studied to what extent disease stage, lesion type and lesion site were associated with post-operative p…

article 2006
Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate versus Leuprolide Acetate in the Treatment of Endometriosis-Associated Pain
·doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0000216525.26292.36

This study compared the effectiveness and safety of a new subcutaneous formulation of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate delivering 104 mg per 0.65 mL (DMPA-SC 104) every 3 months with those of leuprolide—a widely used and effective treatmen…

article 2005
Subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate versus leuprolide acetate in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dei290

BACKGROUND: A clinical study compared efficacy and safety of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) with leuprolide for endometriosis-associated pain. METHODS: This multicentre, 18 month, evaluator-blinded, comparator-controlled trial ran…

article 2002
Continuous use of oral contraceptive (OC) for endometriosis-associated recurrent dysmenorrhea not responding to cyclic pill regimen
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03084-9
article 1997
O-005 Laparoscopic uterosacral ligament resection for dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis: Results of a randomized, controlled trial
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)90638-5
article 1997
O-145 Cyproterone acetate (CA) versus a continuous low-dose monophasic oral contraceptive (OC) in the treatment of recurrent pelvic pain after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)90777-9
article 1996
Goserelin depot treatment before endometrial resection
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(96)80313-6
review 1995
Endometriosis: Conservative surgery for severe endometriosis: should laparotomy be abandoned definitively?
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136309

According to current opinion, surgery at laparotomy for conservative treatment of endometriosis is obsolete. The debate on the indications, modalities and results of surgical treatment for the most severe forms has recently been rekindled. …

article 1994
Infertility: Clinical pregnancy and male subfertility; the ESHRE* multicentre trial on the treatment of male subfertility
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138642

Ovulation induction alone, and ovulation induction in conjunction with one of four assisted procreation methods [intra-uterine insemination (IUI), intra-peritoneal insemination (IPI), gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (GIFT) or in-vitro ferti…