Giovanni Scambia
ORCID: 0000-0003-2758-1063
· 118 papers in corpus
2010
other
2009
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of discoid resection for the treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis and whether it could be considered to be a valid alternative to the rectosigmoid segmental resection. DESIGN: Case-control study.…
observational
2009
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic colorectal resection for endometriosis. DESIGN AND PATIENTS: This study included 357 consecutive patients who underwent colorectal resection. We evaluated intraoperat…
2009
To describe sonographic characteristics of malignant transformation in endometriosis. Women with histological diagnosis of ovarian borderline tumor (BOT) or carcinoma arising in endometriotic cysts, according to Samson's criteria, and under…
2009
nonrandomized-trial
2008
OBJECTIVE(S): To evaluate whether ovarian vein incompetence may be a source of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women. STUDY DESIGN: Twenty-two women, aged 19-50 years, with chronic pelvic pain, no laparoscopically detected pelvic pathology, a…
case-report
2007
Glassy cell carcinomas are composed of malignant cells showing a "ground glass" cytoplasm, distinct cell membranes, and large nuclei with prominent nucleoli. To our knowledge, only 12 cases of glassy cell endometrial carcinomas (EGCC) have …
case-report
2005
BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation may occur in up to 1% of women with endometriosis and only 20% of these cases occur at extragonadal pelvic sites. Similarly, urinary tract endometriosis is rare and occurs in only 1% of all endometriotic…
review
2005
364 L’endometriosi e una condizione patologica largamente diffusa, che consiste nella presenza di tessuto endometriale, ghiandolare e stromale, al di fuori della normale sede uterina. Essa incide principalmente nelle donne in eta riprodutti…
other
2005
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between COX-2 expression and the clinical outcome rate in a homogeneous s…
other
2004
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of COX-2 in different anatomical sites of endometriosis and its associatio…
other
2004
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the concentrations of activin A in the peritoneal fluid of women with epithelial (serous) ovarian cancer. METHODS: A group of 160 women was studied and divided in four subgroups as fo…
case-report
2004
The discovery of an ovarian mass during pregnancy is often a difficult issue because of the risk related to surgical intervention during pregnancy. Moreover, ultrasound examination is often unable to provide a definitive diagnosis. A case o…
case-report
1999
rct
1993
To compare two different surgical techniques for the resection of the cardinal ligaments during radical operation for cervical cancer, 84 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (FIGO stages IB-IIA > or = 4 cm, IIB-III) primarily tre…
1990
Serum levels of TAG 72 were measured in 726 serum samples from patients with benign and malignant gynaecological conditions in order to evaluate the clinical usefulness of TAG 72 alone or in combination with other tumour markers. Sixty-six …
other
1988
Serum levels of CA 15-3 were measured in 778 samples from 270 patients with benign and malignant gynecological conditions. Malignant tumors were present in 180 patients including 58 cases with cancer of the ovary, 47 of the endometrium, 61 …
1983