Stefano Bettocchi

Background and Clinical Significance: Relugolix combination therapy (Relugolix CT) has emerged as an effective oral medical treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids, offering an alternative to surgical interventions. While generally well …

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 proced…

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 …

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 enro…

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.…

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…

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…