La Vecchia I

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2020-2025

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • endometrioma 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
other 2025
Ovarian damage following surgery for endometriomas, 20 years later: did awareness improve the situation?
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-025-08039-x

BACKGROUND: Early reports from the beginning of this century highlighted significant ovarian damage following laparoscopic stripping of endometriomas. During the last 2 decades, the raised awareness of the possible detrimental effects of su…

2023
The impact of small and asymptomatic intramural and subserosal fibroids on female fertility: a case-control study.
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoac056

Study questionDo small and asymptomatic intramural and subserosal uterine fibroids affect female fertility?Summary answerSmall and asymptomatic fibroids that do not encroach the endometrial cavity appear to not markedly affect female fertil…

article 2022
Decidualization of endometriosis in a cohort of IVF-mediated pregnancies
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05635-8

Decidualization is the process of endometrial change in pregnancy, a phenomenon that can involve also ovarian endometriomas. However, the frequency of this event remains unknown. In addition, there is no evidence on the decidualization of d…

article 2022
The impact of endometriosis on IVF efficacy: qualitative and quantitative assessment of ovarian response and embryo development
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2022.04.010

RESEARCH QUESTION: The detrimental effects of endometriosis on IVF success are well known, but the underlying mechanisms are still uncertain. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible detrimental effects of the disease on …

2020
Dietary Carbohydrate Intake, Dietary Glycemic Load and Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization: Findings from an Observational Italian Cohort Study.
Nutrients ·doi:10.3390/nu12061568

In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to the influence of diet on reproductive health. Carbohydrates in diet affect glucose metabolism and multiple evidences showed the key role of insulin sensitivity in regulating female fe…

article 2020
Endometriosis and spontaneous hemoperitoneum in pregnancy: evaluation of the magnitude of the risk in women becoming pregnant via in vitro fertilization
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.10.030

ObjectiveTo estimate the frequency of spontaneous hemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHiP) in women with endometriosis achieving pregnancy with in vitro fertilization (IVF).DesignRetrospective case series.SettingReferral academic assisted reprodu…

2020
Pretreatment maternal lifestyle and outcomes of assisted reproduction: an Italian cohort study.
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038837

ObjectiveWe investigated whether lifestyle affects assisted reproduction technology (ART) outcomes.DesignCohort study.SettingItalian fertility unit.ParticipantsFrom September 2014 to December 2016, women from couples presenting for evaluati…