Mauro Busacca

Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the length of diagnostic delay of symptomatic endometriosis in Italy and analyse the presence of correlations between the socio-demographic status of patients and the clinical characteristics/type …

BACKGROUND: Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) represent a common pharmacological approach for endometriosis. They have been demonstrated to mitigate painful symptoms in patients and are considered the first line therapy for symptomatic di…

A network of endometriosis experts from 16 Italian academic departments and teaching hospitals distributed all over the country made a critical appraisal of the available evidence and definition of 10 suggestions regarding measures to be de…

A panel of experts in the field of endometriosis expressed their opinions on management options in a 28-year-old patient, attempting pregnancy for 1 year, with severe cyclic pelvic pain and with clinical examination and imaging techniques s…

AIM: The long-term effects of laparoscopic cystectomy on ovarian reserve in patients with unilateral and bilateral ovarian endometriomas were evaluated. METHODS: A total of 22 patients undergoing laparoscopic cystectomy for unilateral endom…

BACKGROUND: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent stimulus of angiogenesis potentially contri-buting to the pathogenesis of endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential association between the single…

We report a case of umbilical endometriosis and review the literature about the finding. The patient was a 39-year-old woman who presented with 6 months of umbilical bleeding and pain during the first day of her period. A soft tissue ultras…

BACKGROUND: Although endometriosis may benefit from primary prevention measures, the epidemiological risk factors identified are equivocal. Two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been conducted for endometriosis in two different et…

Uterine leiomyomas are the most common tumors in the human female pelvis and the leading indication for pelvic surgery. Lack of understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of leiomyoma has put severe limitations on the availability of alter…

BACKGROUND: Pelvic inflammatory phenomena have been suggested as critical players in the natural history of endometriosis. However, to what extent these events could affect the systemic immunologic status remains to be clarified. Here, we c…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in endometrial stromal cell (ESC) migration between patients with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Differences in ESC migration, cellular morphology, and cytoskeletal-actin dynamics were evaluated in re…

The anatomy used by gynecologic surgeons is the anatomy relevant to surgical dissection in specific areas of the female pelvis. The bridge between the knowledge of pelvic anatomy and an efficient surgical practice is the mastery of the seve…