Angela Musella

Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease affecting about 10% of reproductive age women, with a significant impact on socio-economic sphere and quality of life. It is a multifactorial phenomenon, in which genetic predisposition, immu…

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis affects up to 10% of women of reproductive age and about 47% of adolescents with pelvic pain. Symptoms include dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Adolescents often present atypical…

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis affects up to 10% of women of reproductive age and about 47% of adolescents with pelvic pain. Symptoms include dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Adolescents often present atypical…

Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory disease that mainly affects women of reproductive age and is defined by the presence of endometrial glands and stroma at ectopic sites. Spontaneous hemoperitoneum due to bleeding …

ObjectiveTo evaluate if the presence of endometriomas impacts on the ovarian reserve as evaluated with antimüllerian hormone (AMH).DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.SettingNot applicable.Patient(s)Patients with unoperated endometrio…

(Abstracted from Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016;214:203–211) Up to 44% of patients with endometriosis have endometriomas that are usually associated with pelvic pain and infertility. The first-line option for endometriosis-associated pain symptom…

In the lack of evidence consistently supporting the use of continuous vs cyclic oral contraceptives after surgery for endometriosis, we conducted a systematic review and metaanalysis with the objective of comparing a continuous vs a cyclic …

Purpose Endometriomas are frequently associated with female infertility. In these cases, management options include surgery and IVF. The purpose of the present review is to evaluate current literature on the treatment of endometrioma-associ…