Antonino Farulla

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2018-2025

Study types

  • article 6
  • other 1
  • preprint 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 3
  • thoracic_endometriosis 2
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
other 2025
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women with endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study on referral center population
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/S2724-606X.24.05518-0

BACKGROUND: Patients with endometriosis are thought to have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and estimates suggest that 6.2% of them were infected with SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study enrolling 284 women at …

article 2024
Endometriosis and risk factors in pregnancy, labor and delivery: a case-control study
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.24.05527-1

BACKGROUND: It is a common thought that endometriosis and its related pain symptoms could improve during pregnancy. However, endometriosis was shown to affect the regular development of pregnancy and delivery outcomes. Several adverse event…

article 2023
Effects of osteopathic manipulative therapy on recurrent pelvic pain and dyspareunia in women after surgery for endometriosis: a retrospective study
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.23.05351-4

BACKGROUND: Surgical removal of deep infiltrating endometriosis is frequently associated with improvement in symptoms. However, because of the complex pathogenesis of pain in endometriosis that includes central sensitization and myofascial …

preprint 2022
Impact on Quality of Life of Laparoscopic Nerve-sparing Radical Treatment of Parametrial Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (Postoperative Pain Assessment and Functional Outcomes)
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1021436/v1

Abstract Objective: Complete eradication of parametrial nodules of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE) is associated with a high risk of iatrogenic nerves damage and pelvic organs dysfunction. The aim of this study is to evaluate via vali…

article 2021
Comparison of perioperative outcomes between standard laparoscopic and robot‐assisted approach in patients with rectosigmoid endometriosis
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14170

INTRODUCTION: Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has gained widespread application in several surgical specialties. Previous studies on the feasibility and safety of RALS vs standard laparoscopy (S-LPS) for rectosigmoid endometriosi…

article 2021
Correction to: Minimally invasive treatment of diaphragmatic endometriosis: a 15-year single referral center’s experience on 215 patients
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s00464-021-08300-9
article 2021
Minimally invasive treatment of diaphragmatic endometriosis: a 15-year single referral center’s experience on 215 patients
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s00464-020-08186-z

BackgroundDiaphragmatic endometriosis (DE) is a rare and often misdiagnosed condition. Most of the times it is asymptomatic and due to the low accuracy of diagnostic tests, it is almost always detected during surgery for pelvic endometriosi…

article 2020
Robot-Assisted Nerve-sparing Resection of Bilateral Parametrial Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.05.009

ObjectiveTo demonstrate the surgical steps used to perform a robotic radical parametrectomy in a woman with deep infiltrating endometriosis.DesignDescription of the procedure using video.SettingUniversity hospital, referral center for endom…

review 2018
Levonorgestrel-releasing intra-uterine systems as female contraceptives
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy ·doi:10.1080/14656566.2018.1462337

INTRODUCTION: The availability and use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), such as levonorgestrel intrauterine systems (LNG-IUSs), have increased in recent times. AREAS COVERED: The authors provide a narrative review of the LN…