A Di Giovanni

No ORCID on file · 34 papers in corpus · active 2010-2026

Study types

  • article 30
  • other 2
  • case-report 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 33
  • die_deep_infiltrating 15
  • adenomyosis 6
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • bladder_endometriosis 2
  • endometrioma 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • dyspareunia 1
  • infertility 1
article 2026
·doi:10.1016/j.ijgc.2025.102952
other 2025
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.29288

Traditionally, laparoscopy was considered to be the gold standard for the examination of endometriotic lesions, because it allows their direct visualization. Several international and national guidelines have now shifted their focus to non-…

article 2024
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoae029

The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group, the European Endometriosis League (EEL), the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), ESHR…

article 2023
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.27558

Preoperative sonographic staging in patients with suspected parametrial endometriosis is essential to plan surgical intervention and anticipate the need for a multidisciplinary approach, and thus optimize surgical outcome. The results of a …

case-report 2023
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2023.09.010

OBJECTIVE: To show the surgical steps used to perform a laparoscopic double discoid colorectal resection for the excision of 2 distinct deep endometriotic nodules (DENs). DESIGN: Stepwise demonstration of the technique with narrated video …

review 2023
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2023.03.008

OBJECTIVE: To calculate the predictive value and thus the clinical usefulness of transvaginal ultrasound (US) imaging for the management of deep endometriosis, knowing that the positive predictive value (PPV) varies with the prevalence and …

article 2023
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2023.03.018

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the postoperative morbidity of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) for endometriosis/adenomyosis in terms of operative outcomes and complications. DESIGN: Retrospective multicentric cohort study. SETTING: Eight …

article 2022
Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) ·doi:10.1055/a-1713-3573

PURPOSE: To compare the location and sizes of deep endometriosis (DE) lesions evaluated by preoperative transvaginal sonography (TVS) in different #Enzian compartments with intraoperatively assessed DE location and size. MATERIALS AND METHO…

article 2022
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deac187

STUDY QUESTION: How is endometriosis extent described by the #Enzian classification compared to the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) stages in women undergoing radical surgery for deep endometriosis (DE)? SUMMARY …

article 2022
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2022.06.014

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To assess the value of combined transvaginal/transabdominal ultrasonographic evaluation performed by experienced examiners for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions of the retrocervical (torus uterinus and uterosac…

article 2021
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.24833

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the preoperative detection of endometriosis using transvaginal sonography (TVS) supplemented by transabdominal sonography (TAS) with surgical assessment of disease, using the #Enzian classification for endometr…

article 2021
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn

The usefulness of a test is determined by the clinical interpretation of its sensitivity and specificity. The pitfalls of a test with a surgical endpoint are described in this article, taking the diagnosis of deep endometriosis by imaging a…

article 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.07.015
article 2020
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.05.016
article 2020
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.08.034
article 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.06.018
article 2018
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.03.003
article 2018
·doi:10.14660/2385-0868-85
article 2015
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.09.024
article 2014
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.08.439
article 2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114522520
article 2014
·doi:10.1002/uog.13564

Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) represents the most complex form of endometriosis and its treatment is still challenging. The coexistence of DIE with other appearances of endometriosis stimulates new studies to improve the preoperativ…

article 2014
·doi:10.1002/uog.13566

Laparoscopic treatment of deep endometriosis is the most challenging surgery for gynecologists. The difficulties of this approach are associate with a quite large number of complications. Presurgical sonographic diagnostic findings are ofte…

article 2014
·doi:10.1002/uog.13828

The aim of this study was to review the sonographic aspects of bladder endometriosis and to establish their usefulness for surgical management. 51 patients with histologically confirmed bladder endometriosis underwent sonographic evaluation…

article 2014
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.03.043