Camil Castelo‐Branco

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in women, yet sex-specific risk factors are usually not included in conventional predictive models. Specifically, heart failure (HF) in women may be influenced by sex-speci…

BACKGROUND: The quality of life of women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is impaired and may improve with combined oral contraceptives (COCs). AIM: To compare the overall and sexual quality of life of patients diagnosed with DIE …

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…

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) refers to the first lymph node susceptible to being affected, due to the lymphatic drainage of a primary tumor. The lymph node involvement in cancer patients is one of the main prognostic factors. Without affec…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of vaginal progesterone as luteal support on pregnancy outcomes in infertile patients who undergo ovulation induction with gonadotropins and intrauterine insemination (IUI). DESIGN: Prospective randomized …

Background: Atropic vaginitis is the result of a significant decrease in estrogen levels. This frequent complaint is characterized by dryness and inflammation of the vagina with thinning of the urogenital epithelium. The diagnosis is clinic…

BackgroundIt is well known that progestins given in sufficient dosage reduce the risk of endometrial cancer and endometrial hyperplasia. It is also not uncommon that patients receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT) require endometrial b…