S Ferrero

Sir, We read with interest the article by Lorencatto et al. evaluating the prevalence of depression in women with endometriosis with and without chronic pelvic pain (1). Although the authors should be congratulated for their findings, we wo…

Oral contraceptives, androgenic agents, progestins and gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues have all been successfully used in the treatment of endometriosis. However, none of these drugs can eradicate the disease. It is widely accepted…

BACKGROUND: Among subjects with endometriosis and deep dyspareunia (DD), those with endometriosis of the uterosacral ligament (USLE) have the most severe impairment of sexual function. This study examines the effect of laparoscopic excision…

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to investigate asthma prevalence and severity in women with and without endometriosis. METHODS: Before laparoscopy, asthma prevalence was evaluated in 879 women of reproductive age, undergoing surgery because…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to evaluate the completeness of full thickness disc resection in the treatment of deep endometriotic bowel lesions. METHODS: This study comprised 16 women with bowel endometriotic lesions requiring segmental res…

Previous studies have suggested that the proportion of left ovarian endometriotic cysts is significantly higher than the expected 50% but that ovarian dermoid cysts have a predisposition to a right lateral distribution. We studied the distr…

BACKGROUND: Our aim is to assess the prevalence and characteristics of headache in patients with endometriosis compared with women without this disease. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-three women with histologically proven endometriosis a…

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to investigate the relationships between gastrointestinal symptoms and histological findings in women with bowel endometriosis. METHODS: The gastrointestinal symptoms of 362 women with endometriosis were classified …