Camerini G

No ORCID on file · 11 papers in corpus
editorial 2011
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery ·doi:10.4240/wjgs.v3.i3.31

Bowel endometriosis affects between 3.8% and 37% of women with endometriosis. The evaluation of symptoms and clinical examination are inadequate for an accurate diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis. Transvaginal ultrasonography is the firs…

other 2010
Neurogastroenterology and motility ·doi:10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01438.x

BACKGROUND: The 5-HT(4) receptor agonist prucalopride enhances large intestinal contractility by facilitating acetylcholine release through activation of 5-HT(4) receptors on cholinergic nerves and is effective in patients with constipation…

article 2010
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.02.023

ObjectiveUp to now limited attention has been given to the medical treatment of bowel endometriosis. This study evaluates the efficacy of aromatase inhibitors and norethisterone acetate in treating pain and gastrointestinal symptoms caused …

article 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.069

This study analyzed by immunofluorescence staining the sympathetic innervation in the bowel adjacent to the endometriotic lesion and in the healthy tissue at the border of the resected specimen. Sympathetic nerve fibers are significantly re…

other 2009
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.070

OBJECTIVE: To determine the pregnancy rate after bowel resection for rectosigmoid endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-six symptomatic women with bowel endometriosis requiring c…

other 2009
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dep302

BACKGROUND: The available data on effectiveness of aromatase inhibitors in treating pain symptoms related to endometriosis is limited. We compared the efficacy and tolerability of the aromatase inhibitor letrozole combined with norethistero…

article 2009
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dep361

BACKGROUND: This pilot study evaluates the efficacy of norethisterone acetate in treating pain and gastrointestinal symptoms of women with colorectal endometriosis. METHODS: This prospective study included 40 women with colorectal endometri…

review 2009
Drugs ·doi:10.2165/00003495-200969080-00001

Current treatment of endometriosis is mainly based on surgery and ovarian suppressive agents. In the last 10 years, it has been demonstrated that aromatase P450, a key enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis, may have a pathogenic role in endometr…

article 2009
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.09.028

Little attention has been given to the role of hormonal therapies in treating symptoms caused by bowel endometriosis [1]. The aim of the present open-label prospective study was to evaluate the effects of GnRH analogues (GnRH-a) on pain and…

article 2009
The Journal of reproductive medicine

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of uterine adenomyosis may impair the amelioration of pain symptoms after laparoscopic excision of pelvic endometriosis combined with colorectal resection. STUDY DESIGN: This prospective study in…

letter 2008
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01998.x