Fabio Barra

No ORCID on file · 136 papers in corpus · active 2017-2026

Study types

  • article 55
  • review 35
  • book-chapter 15
  • letter 12
  • other 10

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 122
  • bowel_endometriosis 13
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 11
  • infertility 11
  • dysmenorrhea 11
  • adenomyosis 10
  • endometrioma 7
  • dyspareunia 7
  • die_deep_infiltrating 6
  • bladder_endometriosis 2
article 2020
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.07.022
review 2020
Minerva medica ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4806.19.06298-0

Endometriosis is a very complex condition and has a significant impact on the quality of life, psychological wellbeing and interpersonal relationships of affected women. Endometriosis symptoms progressively impair the woman's ability to car…

book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50446-5_13
review 2020
Minerva medica ·doi:10.23736/S0026-4806.19.06299-2

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease that generally affects young and sexually active women in different stages of their development and sexual life. Because endometriosis affects about 5-10% of women in reproductive age, it is …

review 2020
·doi:10.23736/s0026-4806.19.06299-2

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease that generally affects young and sexually active women in different stages of their development and sexual life. Because endometriosis affects about 5-10% of women in reproductive age, it is …

book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50446-5_14
book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50446-5_4
article 2020
review 2020
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology ·doi:10.1080/17425255.2020.1789591

INTRODUCTION: The second-line treatment of endometriosis-related pain symptoms includes injectable depot formulations of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs (GnRH-as). These drugs improve the symptomatology by inducing a hypoestrogenic s…

article 2020
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.08.449
review 2020
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2020.05.010
article 2020
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.08.691
article 2020
·doi:10.21037/gpm-20-31

Abstract: Endometriosis recurrence after surgery is still an issue that afflicts the gynecologist. Adjuvant hormonal treatments have been suggested and approved in order to delay recurrence in symptoms and endometriotic lesions. The current…

article 2020
Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine ·doi:10.5653/cerm.2019.03342

therapeutic target for this benign hormone-dependent disease Further studies are needed to draw definitive conclusions on the relationship between endometriosis and vitamin D.

article 2020
·doi:10.1002/uog.23364

To assess the risk of rectal endometriosis persistence after laparoscopic shaving of rectovaginal nodules infiltrating the rectum. This prospective study included 68 patients who underwent shaving for rectovaginal nodules infiltrating the r…

article 2020
·doi:10.1002/uog.23385

Three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions may be employed during transvaginal rectal water-contrast transvaginal ultrasonography (RWC-TVS) to diagnose rectosigmoid endometriosis. This study aims to evaluate the influence of bowel preparation (…

article 2020
·doi:10.1002/uog.23422

To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) with or without three dimensional (3D) and high definition real time (HDLive) modalities in comparison to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in assessing deep myometrial and cervi…

review 2019
Expert opinion on biological therapy ·doi:10.1080/14712598.2019.1581761

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic benign estrogen-dependent disease characterized by the presence of endometriotic glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. Although combined hormonal contraceptives and progestins, currently avai…

other 2019
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.13533
article 2019
Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1080/0167482x.2019.1659775

Purpose: Women with endometriosis represent a significant proportion of all outpatient gynecological consultations. Endometriosis is a benign chronic condition characterized by the spreading of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. A …

article 2019
article 2019
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.937
article 2019
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.919
review 2019
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2019.1698024

Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by the growth of endometrial-like glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. Nowadays, the exact etiology of endometriosis is unclear and the interaction between a variety of environmental…

editorial 2019
Expert opinion on investigational drugs ·doi:10.1080/13543784.2019.1618269

KEYWORDS: Endometriosisestrogen biosynthesisAKR1C3steroid sulphatase17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1aromatase inhibitors