Stefano Angioni

Background To assess postoperative recurrence rates and likelihood of natural conception in women with deep endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic treatment with diode laser. Methods This is a retrospective study with prospective recordin…

Among them, DIE is considered the most aggressive, and the patient is often affected by more than one type together. The therapeutic methodology should not be influenced by a combination of different types of endometriotic lesion. According…

Studies have been published on the efficacy of Dienogest in the management of pain symptoms in endometriosis. Nonetheless, few data are available on the reducing effect on endometrioma’s size. The aim of the study was to evaluate if Dienoge…

The pathogenesis of endometriosis is unknown, but some evidence supports a genetic predisposition. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the recent literature on the genetic characterization of women affected by endometriosis and to eva…

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of women of reproductive age. Small bowel (SB) permeability and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) could play a role in the perduration of low grade inflammation status and the pathogenesis of endometr…

Abstract Endometriosis is a common disease affecting women in reproductive age. There are several hypotheses on the pathogenesis of this disease. Often, its lesions and symptoms overlap with those of many other medical and surgical conditio…

Adenomyosis is defined as the heterotopic presence of endometrial mucosa (glands and stroma) abnormally implanted within myometrium with a range of clinical presentations, the most common being heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhoea; ne…

Background \nSurgical management of ovarian endometriosis is still debated and controversial. The removal of the cystic capsule with the stripping technique (cystectomy) seems to be most recommended for the lowest recurrence rate, but has \…

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…

This review aimed to critically evaluate the review, observational, cohort, and case-control studies performed so far in order to assess the association between endometriosis and genetics. The search strategies used included an online searc…

Ovarian endometriomas are common manifestations of endometriosis. Surgical excision has been shown to potentially decrease ovarian reserves. In this prospective study, we included 81 patients with ovarian endometriosis. 40 were treated with…

Background \nDeep infiltrating endometriosis is defined by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) \nas a peritoneal infiltration of more than 5 mm deep by the endometrial tissue. DIE frequently presents with nodul…

PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the ultramicronized-palmitoylethanolamide (um-PEA) and co-micronised palmitoylethanolamide/polydatin m(PEA/PLD) in the management of chronic pelvic pain related to e…

Background \nSingle-port access laparoscopy (SPAL) technique is developing in thegynaecological field This approach may increase the benefits of traditional minimally invasive surgery such as decreased blood loss and postoperative pain, fas…

A network of endometriosis experts from 16 Italian academic departments and teaching hospitals distributed all over the country made a critical appraisal of the available evidence and definition of 10 suggestions regarding measures to be de…

OBJECTIVE: To compare postoperative pregnancy rates as they relate to presurgery antimüllerian hormone (AMH) level in patients with stage 3 and 4 endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective comparative study using data prospectively recorded in t…

Adenomyosis is a heterogeneous gynaecologic condition with a range of clinical presentations, the most common being heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhoea; however, patients can also be asymptomatic. Several studies support the theory t…

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