S Bianchi

We reviewed the case records of all women (N = 748) who underwent laparoscopy for infertility in our department from 1985-1990. The patients were divided into two groups, cases and controls, according to the presence of nonobstructive mülle…

We evaluated the prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and deep dyspareunia and their relation to disease stage and site in 124 infertile women with endometriosis and 67 infertile women with normal findings. Seventy-eight en…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of superovulation with buserelin acetate, human menopausal gonadotropins (hMG), and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the treatment of infertility associated with minimal or mild endometriosis. DESI…

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the reliability of transvaginal ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of adenomyoma versus leiomyoma. STUDY DESIGN: Preoperative transvaginal ultrasonographic results were compared with postoperative patholo…

Conservative surgery for severe endometriosis in infertile women is one of the most challenging situations for the pelvic surgeon. The second half of the 1980s saw an increase in the supporters of laparoscopic treatment even for more extens…

The efficacy of presacral neurectomy and amputation of the uterosacral ligaments in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain has been debated for decades. These procedures used to be done mainly in women with normal pelves, but more recently th…

We evaluated the recovery of fertility and the relief of pain symptoms in a long-term follow-up of 42 women undergoing repetitive conservative surgery for recurrent endometriosis. The mean age of the patients was 31.1 +/- 4.3 years. At the …

We studied endometrial structure and ultrastructure in serial biopsy specimens from patients with endometriosis treated with danazol (N = 19) or intranasal buserelin (N = 13) for 6 months. Biopsies were performed before and at 3 and 6 month…

Laparoscopy was performed on 126 women with undiagnosed chronic pelvic pain. Abnormalities were demonstrated in 62.7% of the cases. Endometriosis was present in 32.5% of the women. Laparoscopy is useful in the differential diagnosis of chro…

Serum Ca-125 levels were measured in 154 patients undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy for infertility and/or pelvic pain. Pelvic endometriosis at various stages was observed in 102 of the patients, and 52 had a visually normal pelvis and s…

We analyzed the prevalence of dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and dyspareunia in relation to the disease stage in 160 women with endometriosis but no other associated pelvic disease who underwent their first gynecologic surgery (laparoscopy or l…

To investigate whether a primary endometrial factor is involved in the pathogenesis of infertility in patients with minimal or mild endometriosis, we compared light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopic studies of preovulatory en…

Twenty-three patients with laparoscopically diagnosed endometriosis and pelvic pain were allocated randomly to treatment with cyproterone acetate 27 mg plus ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg/day (11 patients) or danazol 600 mg/day (12 patients). A…

Thirty-nine infertile patients with laparoscopic diagnosis of endometriosis were allocated randomly to treatment with gestrinone 2.5 mg twice weekly (20 patients) or danazol 600 mg/day (19 patients) for 6 months. If amenorrhea was not obtai…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in adolescent women is a frequent complaint. We assessed the value of laparoscopy in the differential diagnosis of CPP in 47 adolescents 11-19 years old after six months or more of cyclic or acyclic pelvic pain. No…

GnRH agonists, synthetic peptide analogs of GnRH, desensitize pituitary receptors for the native molecule, thus causing reversible hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Numerous clinical studies have suggested that these compounds are efficacious …

Seventy-one women underwent follow-up laparoscopy for persistent infertility six to 24 months after conservative treatment of endometriosis. The disease was staged according to the revised American Fertility Society classification of 1985. …