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Study Objective: To estimate the effect of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).Setting: Tertiary care university hospi…

For many decades adenomyosis has been a histological diagnosis in hysterectomy specimens. Traditionally, it has been considered a disease of late reproductive and premenopausal years causing uterine enlargement, dysmenorrhoea and menorrhagi…

BACKGROUND: Training in hysteroscopy can be challenging, especially in conscious women as an office procedure. OBJECTIVE: To develop a realistic hysteroscopy training model for residents using human uteri. METHODS: Human uterine specimens…

Colorectal infiltration by endometriotic implants accounts about 90% of all intestinal location and is difficult to be assessed preoperatively by means of history taking and clinical examination. During the last decade, a number of studies …

BACKGROUND: The KISS1/KISS1R system has been implicated in the physiology of reproduction and many studies have documented the stimulatory effect of kisspeptin on Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin secretion. In addition…