João Alves

ORCID: 0000-0001-6511-2255 · 9 papers in corpus · active 2014-2025

Study types

  • article 5
  • review 3
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • mesh:D004715 6
  • dysmenorrhea 3
  • mesh:D004412 3
  • mesh:D017699 2
  • dyspareunia 2
  • bladder_endometriosis 2
  • mesh:D004414 2
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • adenomyosis 1
review 2025
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2025.11.014
article 2021
·doi:10.1002/uog.24072

A 37-year-old patient with a previous history of endometriosis and hemicolectomy in the context of invaginated appendix due to an endometriotic lesion was diagnosed with a right adnexal mass on first-trimester ultrasound during pregnancy. O…

article 2021
·doi:10.1002/uog.24108

A 25-year-old patient with a history of endometriosis and a Caesearean section (pelvic presentation) was referred to consultation due to dysmenorrhea, dyschezia, dyspareunia and pelvic chronic pain (8 in 10). At physical examination, a 2/3 …

article 2018
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ·doi:10.4293/jsls.2018.00067

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Laparoscopic surgical excision of bladder nodules has been demonstrated to be effective in relieving associated painful symptoms; the data are lacking concerning the impact of anterior compartment endometriosis on…

other 2017
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2016.11.018

UNLABELLED: STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if laparoscopic treatment of ureteral endometriosis is feasible, safe, and effective and to determine if ureteral dilatation and/or the number of incisions increases complications. DESIGN: An instit…

review 2017
Insights into imaging ·doi:10.1007/s13244-017-0576-z

Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. It is a disease of the inner myometrium and results from infiltration of the basal endometrium into the underlying myometrium. Transvagin…

article 2017
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.07.013
article 2017
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.12.017
review 2014
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmu046

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies concerning endometriosis and pain have been reported. However, there is no consensus on the best method to evaluate pain in endometriosis and many scales have been used. Moreover, there are only a few descriptio…