E. Zupi

Endometriosis entails a huge burden: it is estimated that affects 10% of women in their reproductive age.Symptoms may be severe (chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dysuria, dyschezia and fatigue) affecting women's quality of li…

BACKGROUND: The #Enzian classification represents a system to describe endometriotic lesions during surgery. Its use is well established in correlating ultrasound and surgical findings. OBJECTIVES: To describe interobserver reproducibility…

Adenomyosis is a benign invasion of endometrial glands and stroma into the uterine myometrium. [1, 2]. It can present with heavy and painful menstrual bleeding or be asymptomatic [2-4]. Over last three decades the diagnosis of adenomyosis h…

Endometriosis is a common problem affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing age. It is a condition with unknown pathology, leaving us with several theories. However, about half of women with endometriosis complain of difficulty conceiving. T…

OBJECTIVES: Previous evidence seems to support the more common presence of certain pigmentation types in women with endometriosis. The aim of this study was to assess the association of certain somatic phenotypes with specific localizations…

PURPOSE: To evaluate obstetric outcome in women with endometriosis who conceive naturally and receive standard obstetric care in Italy. METHODS: Cases were consecutive women with endometriosis managed in eleven Italian referral centers. Co…

The incidence of endometriosis in middle-aged women is not minimal compared to that in the reproductive age group. The treatment of affected women after childbearing age to the natural transition toward menopause has received considerably p…

We read with interest the article by Menakaya et al.1 on the importance of accurate sonographic detection of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). They reported for the study group all details related to location, dimension and overall fea…

STUDY QUESTION: Which essential items should be recorded before, during and after endometriosis surgery and in clinical outcome based surgical trials in patients with deep endometriosis (DE)? SUMMARY ANSWER: A DE surgical sheet (DESS) was …

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To purpose a score system based on TVS features to grade the severity of the adenomyosis thus in order to improve the management of symptomatic patients. Ultrasound criteria for focal and diffuse adenomyosis and for adenomoyma were defined …

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ABSTRACT The association between adenomyosis, assisted reproductive technology outcomes, and pregnancy complications is well established. The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess the most common sonographic features of adenomyo…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether there are sonographic features of diffuse adenomyosis in 18-30-year-old nulligravid women without endometriosis and to examine their association with symptoms of dysmenorrhea and abnormal uterine bleeding.…

OBJECTIVE: To correlate with histopathological features the adenomyosis-induced morphological alterations of the outer myometrium and the inner myometrium ('junctional zone', JZ) detectable on two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) transvagin…

ObjectiveThis is a randomized clinical trial comparing estroprogestin (E/P) pill given for 12 months vs. gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist (GNRHa) given for 4 months followed by E/P pill treatment for 8 months in the relief of endomet…

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate short-term results of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy with those of total abdominal hysterectomy in a prospective, randomized, multicenter study.Study designOne hundred six…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To draw a map of pelvic pain and quantify the level of provoked pain during minilaparoscopy under local anesthesia and conscious sedation. DESIGN: Observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: Un…

ObjectiveTo assess the efficacy of two laparoscopic methods for the management of endometriomas with regard to pain relief, pregnancy rate, and disease recurrence.DesignProspective, randomized clinical trial.SettingTertiary care hospital.Pa…

PROBLEM: Factors regulating the development, growth, and differentiation of endometrial cells of endometriotic lesions are poorly understood. To investigate the paracrine-autocrine regulation of ectopic endometrial cell growth, the expressi…

ObjectiveOur purpose was to assess the functional morphologic features of the ovarian cortex surrounding benign cysts.Study designFifty-four specimens (13 mature teratomas, nine benign cystadenomas, and 32 endometriomas) were obtained from …