Luca Minelli

No ORCID on file · 37 papers in corpus · active 2004-2015

Study types

  • article 28
  • review 5
  • letter 2
  • case-report 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 33
  • mesh:D004715 29
  • bowel_endometriosis 8
  • mesh:D017699 4
  • die_deep_infiltrating 4
  • dysmenorrhea 3
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • infertility 3
  • dyspareunia 3
  • thoracic_endometriosis 2
review 2009
Laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/gco.0b013e32832e0798

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Severe endometriosis is a leading cause of infertility and pelvic pain and represents one of the most challenging cases in gynecology. Ureteral endometriosis is a rare entity that can lead to ureteral obstruction with sub…

review 2009
Patient with pelvic pains: retroperitoneal fibrosis or pelvic endometriosis? A case report and review of literature
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.982
article 2009
Reply of the Authors: Patient's fertility desire should be taken into consideration in the surgical treatment algorithm of infiltrating endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.056
review 2009
Successful Laparoscopic Management of Spontaneous Hemoperitoneum at 15 Weeks of Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Literature
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2009.08.007
article 2008
Barium Enema Evaluation of Colonic Involvement in Endometriosis
AJR. American journal of roentgenology ·doi:10.2214/ajr.07.3062

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to define the role of double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) compared with laparoscopy in the diagnosis and local staging of intestinal endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A search of our radiology dat…

article 2008
Laparoscopic Disk Resection for Bowel Endometriosis Using a Circular Stapler and a New Endoscopic Method to Control Postoperative Bleeding from the Stapler Line
Journal of the American College of Surgeons ·doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.02.037

BACKGROUND: Complete laparoscopic excision of endometriosis offers good longterm symptomatic relief, especially for those with severe or debilitating symptoms. Intestinal endometriosis affect between 3% and 36% of women with endometriosis a…

article 2008
Laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis in case of moderate-severe hydroureteronephrosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.076
article 2008
The Influence of Adenomyosis in Patients Laparoscopically Treated for Deep Endometriosis
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2008.06.009
article 2007
Laparoscopic treatment of deep endometriosis with segmental colorectal resection: Short-term morbidity
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2007.02.008
article 2005
Increased cyclooxygenase-2 expression is associated with better clinical outcome in patients submitted to complete ablation for severe endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dei160

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between COX-2 expression and the clinical outcome rate in a homogeneous s…

article 2004
Analysis of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in different sites of endometriosis and correlation with clinico-pathological parameters
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh054

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of COX-2 in different anatomical sites of endometriosis and its associatio…

article 2004
Preoperative Double-Contrast Barium Enema in Patients with Suspected Intestinal Endometriosis
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60203-4