Stefano Bettocchi

Hysteroscopy has truly revolutionized the field of diagnostic and operative gynecology. It is presently regarded as the gold standard method for both the diagnosis and treatment of intrauterine diseases and it has fundamentally altered the …

Objective: we performed a systematic review/meta-analysis to evaluate the impact of septate uterus and hysteroscopic metroplasty on pregnancy rate-(PR), live birth rate-(LBR), spontaneous abortion-(SA) and preterm labor (PL) in infertile/re…

To evaluate the expression of genes encoding cytokines, grow factors and cell cycle regulators in the proliferative endometrium of women with chronic endometritis (CE) compared to controls. We performed a case-control study on seven women w…

Up to one-third of fertile-age women with severe endometriosis suffer from colonic involvement. Transvaginal ultrasonography has become a first-line diagnostic tool for the study of the pelvis and more specifically for the diagnosis of pelv…

OBJECTIVE: To develop a consensus on the diagnostic criteria for chronic endometritis (CE) at hysteroscopy (HSC), and to evaluate these proposed criteria in a randomized-controlled observer study. DESIGN: Systematic review of studies evalu…

We propose a study protocol capable of improving clinical outcomes following medically assisted reproduction (MAR) in infertile women with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The proposed research derives from the published …

PURPOSE: To define if MRI findings in patients with deep pelvic endometriosis (DPE) may be predictive for the need of bowel resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective survey of 196 pelvic MRIs of women who received laparoscopic proce…

Surgical treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is complex, and preoperative diagnosis benefits both surgeon and patient. The aim of this study was to analyse ultrasound models to determine whether a combination of TVS markers c…

PURPOSE: This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of pelvic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging completed by MR colonography for the preoperative evaluation of deep pelvic endometriosis in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. MATERIALS…

Purpose. This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of pelvic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging completed by MR colonography for the preoperative evaluation of deep pelvic endometriosis in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Materials …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance-colonography (CE-MR-C) for the presurgical assessment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Ninety women were enr…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contribution of contrast-enhanced MR-colonography (CE-MR-C) for the diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis. METHODS: One hundred and four women with suspected endometriosis were prospectively enrolled. All pati…

To investigate accuracy of TVS and contrast-enhanced MR-colonography (CE-MR-C) for pre-surgical assessment of deep pelvic endometriosis. Prospective, single center study (January 2010–January 2011). Twenty-five women with suspicious of DPE.…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors predisposing to implants of endometriotic lesions in normal ovarian cortexes of women with and without endometriosis by assessing the expression of pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic factors a…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a survey of various gynecological conditions causing chronic pelvic pain (CPP) that might be diagnosed by hysteroscopy. DESIGN: Review article. SETTING: Departments of obstetrics and gynecology and pathophysiology of…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To preoperatively predict follicular loss after laparoscopic cystectomy of ovarian endometriomas. DESIGN: Case-control study. (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: University hospital. PATIENTS: Seventy-six…

This article will focus on the results of the Women's Health Initiative on the effects of hormone replacement therapy on coronary heart disease, stroke, venous thromboembolism, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer. Data from other relevant …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the estrogenic effects of tamoxifen on the endometrium in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. DESIGN: Consecutive study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. …

Changes in prostaglandins, vascular reactivity, fibrinolytic system, or other autocrine and paracrine uterine factors are presumed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). Here we report the hys…

Hysteroscopy is a reliable procedure not only for diagnosis, but also for office treatment of uterine pathologies that, until recently, required general or at least topical anesthesia. The vaginoscopic approach without a speculum and tenacu…