Fabio Barra

No ORCID on file · 138 papers in corpus · active 2017-2026

Study types

  • article 55
  • review 37
  • 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
letter 2018
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719118765987
letter 2018
British journal of pharmacology ·doi:10.1111/bph.14391

We read with great interest the article by Matsuzaki et al. (2018) entitled ‘In vitro and in vivo effects of MK2206 and chloroquine combination therapy on endometriosis: autophagy may be required for regrowth of endometriosis’ recently publ…

article 2018
Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.4274/tjod.37801
review 2018
Expert opinion on investigational drugs ·doi:10.1080/13543784.2018.1471135

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent benign chronic disease that requires a chronic medical therapy. Although currently available drugs are efficacious in treating endometriosis-related pain, some women experience partial or n…

book-chapter 2018
·doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71138-6_14
article 2018
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde ·doi:10.1055/s-0043-124518

Comment on: Everolimus as an mTOR Inhibitor Suppresses Endometriotic Implants: an Experimental Rat StudyGeburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2017; 77(01): 66-72DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-115566

article 2018
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.01.022
letter 2018
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-018-4774-9
article 2018
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.19194

OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) with vs without bowel preparation (BP) in detecting the presence of rectosigmoid endometriosis. Secondary objectives were to c…

review 2018
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmy027

BACKGROUND: The ureter is the second most common site affected by urinary tract endometriosis, after the bladder. Optimal strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of ureteral endometriosis (UE) are not yet well defined. OBJECTIVE AND RATIO…

article 2017
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.18989

OBJECTIVES: Several studies have investigated the correlation between endometriosis and adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. However, the role of adenomyosis as a risk factor for adverse perinatal outcome in women with endometriosis ha…

article 2017
·doi:10.1002/uog.17571

To compare the precision of different imaging techniques in estimating the degree of stenosis of the bowel lumen in patients with colorectal endometriosis. This prospective study included 43 patients with rectosigmoid endometriosis who unde…

article 2017
·doi:10.1002/uog.17925

To assess whether ulipristal acetate (UPA) improves adenomyosis-related heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) persisting after the insertion of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (Lng-IUD) and to evaluate the changes in the endometri…