Irene Velasco

Endometriosis disease affects up to 10 % of menstruating people worldwide and can lead to infertility. Environmental pollutants are risk factors influencing the probability of developing endometriosis. We aimed to explore the differences in…

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs), found as environmental contaminants, have been related to endometriosis disease. In this context, the peritoneal fluid (PF) matrix has been poorly studied despite its importance. PF is the environment in w…

BACKGROUND: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. METHODS: Prospective, randomized clinical tri…

AIM: To evaluate if the long-term results (on fertility, need of hysterectomy and persistence of endometriosis) after a minimally invasive intervention (transvaginal ultrasound-guided puncture-aspiration [TUGPA]) for endometriomas are signi…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Background: Effectiveness of Anastrozole and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Randomized clinical trial. Elegibility criteria: Endometriomas >3×4 cm, CA…

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International Journal of Women’s Health Is a bowel resection necessary for deep endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement?

AIMS: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis in epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) and the association among their histological subtypes and with endometrial carcinoma. METHODS: An observational cohort study performed in 192 patients op…

Endometriosis, a gynecologic pathology, is defined by the presence of a tissue similar to uterine endometrium, which is located in places other than physiologically appropriate. These endometrial heterotopic islets contain glands and stroma…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this paper is to report the long-term results of surgery without bowel resection in patients suffering from deep infiltrating endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement. METHODS: This retrospective …

BACKGROUND: To analyze the therapeutic results of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) left in the cysts after transvaginal ultrasound (US)-guided drainage of endometriomas as an alternative to surgery. METHODS: Prospective and randomized clin…

La presente tesis doctoral, estructurada en capitulos, es una investigacion original que tiene como objetivo fundamental profundizar en la inmunologia de la endometriosis e intentar apuntar hacia nuevas acciones terapeuticas para hacer fren…

The aim of this double-blinded study was to determine changes in leukocyte populations in blood, peritoneal lavage fluid, eutopic and ectopic endometrium after treatment with recombinant rat interleukin-2 (IL-2) using an in vivo experimenta…

Cytochrome P-450 aromatase is responsible for catalysing the conversion of androstendione into estrone, so its expression in endometriotic tissue could contribute to the development of endometriosis. The aims of this study were, on the one …

BACKGROUND: To analyze the therapeutic results of one dose of 3 million IU of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) left intracyst (group I) versus two doses with a 1-month interval (group II) after transvaginal ultrasound (US)-guided drainage …