Meritxell Gràcia

No ORCID on file · 49 papers in corpus · active 2009-2026

Study types

  • article 33
  • other 10
  • book-chapter 2
  • preprint 2
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 41
  • adenomyosis 19
  • die_deep_infiltrating 10
  • dysmenorrhea 8
  • endometrioma 6
  • infertility 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • dyspareunia 4
  • bladder_endometriosis 3
article 2021
Journal of sex & marital therapy ·doi:10.1080/0092623x.2021.1986444

Adenomyosis and endometriosis are similar gynecological diseases that decrease sexual quality of life and, in the case of endometriosis, satisfaction in couple relationships. This study aimed to assess sexual quality of life and couple sati…

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.09.130
article 2021
The Journal of international medical research ·doi:10.1177/03000605211047701

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the utility of carbohydrate antigen (CA)125 and human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) to detect malignancy in women with ovarian endometriosis, when ovarian cancer is suspected and ultrasonography results are inconclusive. …

other 2021
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2020.8789

Background: Quality of life in adenomyosis (AD) patients has been poorly investigated. Previous data suggest that AD has negative impact on the quality of life in these women. Materials and Methods: From September 2018 to December 2019, all…

article 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.04.023

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We performed a long-term follow-up to quantify the impairment of sexual quality of life (SQL) and health-related QL (HRQL) in sexually active women after laparoscopic excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIG…

article 2021
·doi:10.1002/uog.23992

Evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in predicting the presence of deep endometriosis (DE) in the uterosacral ligaments (USLs), torus uterinus (TU) and posterior vaginal fornix (PVF) in women with suspected endo…

article 2021
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.23696

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in diagnosing deep endometriosis (DE) involving the uterosacral ligaments (USLs), torus uterinus (TU) or posterior vaginal fornix (PVF) in women with suspected endometrios…

article 2020
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.22058

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the effect of bowel preparation prior to transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) examination on the detection of bowel involvement and the description of rectosigmoid nodules of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), and to eva…

article 2020
The Journal of international medical research ·doi:10.1177/0300060520927627

Objective To assess ovarian reserve through antral follicle count (AFC) and ovarian volume (OV) determination after decapsulation (stripping technique) or CO 2 laser vaporization in the surgical treatment of patients with bilateral ovarian …

book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03594-5_9-1
book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14782-2_9
article 2020
·doi:10.1002/uog.23363

The aim of our study was to analyse the sonographic changes of endometriosis patients who have received combined oral contraceptive continuous regimens (COCCR) for at least 1 year of duration. A total of 566 endometriosis patients were eval…

article 2019
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.361
article 2019
article 2019
·doi:10.1002/uog.20791

To describe symptoms and sonographic findings of women with bladder endometriosis (BE). A prospective study including patients with ultrasound diagnosis of BE who attended an Endometriosis Unit were included. The infiltration of the nodules…

article 2019
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.12822

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia among women with endometriosis and analyze the effect of fibromyalgia on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS: An observational case-control study conducted at a tertiary hosp…

rct 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.05.014

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate serial generation of microparticles (MPs) after laparoscopic stripping or CO2 laser vaporization in the surgical treatment of patients with ovarian endometrioma (OE). DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, blinded,…

article 2018
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.04.002

Study objectiveTo study the effects of ulipristal acetate (UPA) on adenomyosis-associated clinical symptoms.DesignA retrospective, single-center observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).SettingA university tertiary refe…

article 2017
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.06.024

Study objectiveTo compare the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) with and without bowel preparation (BP) to detect and describe intestinal nodules of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with laparoscopic findings.DesignA prospecti…

article 2017
·doi:10.1002/uog.18137

A 37 year-old nulliparous woman was referred to our centre due to hypermenorrhea and uterine leiomyomatosis. She had had two previous laparotomic multiple myomectomies in other centres. She was complaining from heavy menses as well as pelvi…

article 2017
·doi:10.1002/uog.18180

To compare the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) with and without bowel preparation (BP) to detect and describe intestinal nodules of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with laparoscopic findings. The wall of the rectum and lowe…

article 2017
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.08.558
article 2016
·doi:10.5301/je.5000240

Adenomyosis was the main topic in the 2016 Society of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders (SEUD) Congress. Latest evidence in endometriosis and other uterine disorders, such as fibroids and abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) were also covered.…

article 2009
·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(09)60735-9