Bianchi A

No ORCID on file · 17 papers in corpus · active 1999-2025

Study types

  • article 10
  • letter 1
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 11
  • endometrioma 3
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • infertility 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2025
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) ·doi:10.1186/s10020-025-01178-6

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, a common condition affecting 5-10% of women of reproductive age, is the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, leading to pain and infertility. Current treatments, such as surgery and hormonal thera…

2024
Sports (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/sports12090245

Despite the benefits of exercise on mental and physical health, excessive training loads can lead to health problems in the long term, including a wide spectrum of menstrual dysfunction (MD). This narrative review aims to analyze the relati…

2021
Pathologica
2018
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.03.050

IntroductionSince the majority of patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, ovarian cancer remains the most lethal gynecologic malignancy. There is no single biomarker with the sensitivity and specificity required for effective cancer sc…

2018
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research ·doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-0864

Purpose: Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is a rare and aggressive variant of endometrial cancer. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) studies have recently reported c-Myc gene amplification in a large number of USCs, suggesting c-Myc as a potential …

article 2015
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.101

ObjectiveTo evaluate the excised specimen with histologic analysis and to assess the antral follicle count (AFC) at follow-up. This is to determine whether excisional surgery for recurrent endometriomas is more harmful to ovarian tissue and…

article 2012
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01933.x

We report a case of a rectus abdominis muscle endometriotic mass in a woman affected by multiple sclerosis. The pathogenesis of endometriosis is poorly understood but an immune system alteration could play a role in its onset and developmen…

article 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.034

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether the amount of ovarian tissue inadvertently removed along with the endometrioma cyst wall at laparoscopy differs in relation to the operating surgeon's level of expertise.DesignMulticenter, prospective trial.Sett…

article 2009
letter 2007
Medicina clinica ·doi:10.1157/13106133
review 2007
Cirugia espanola ·doi:10.1016/s0009-739x(07)71296-4

Endometriosis affects a wide spectrum of premenopausal women. Intestinal involvement, affecting mainly the large bowel and sometimes the small bowel, is much less frequent. Diagnosis is relatively straightforward in women with long standing…

other 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.055

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate by thorough pathologic analysis the histologic features of the endometrioma wall excised at laparoscopy. DESIGN: Prospective series of consecutive patients. SETTING: Tertiary care, university hospital. PATIENT(S): …

article 2005
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh851

BACKGROUND: The stripping technique for endometriomas excision has been reported to be associated with follicular loss. The objective of this trial was to evaluate the presence and nature of ovarian tissue adjacent to the endometrioma cyst …

article 2002
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03203-4

ObjectiveTo determine whether the stripping technique by laparoscopy is a tissue-sparing procedure.DesignProspective study.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Forty-two women, 21 to 35 years of age, who had a unilateral ovarian cyst (26 en…

article 2001

Background: The relationship between frequency and severity of pain symptoms and site, stage and morphological characteristics of endometriotic lesions was analysed in a multicentre cross-sectional observational study. Methods: A total of 4…

article 2000
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(99)00131-1

ObjectiveThis is a randomized clinical trial comparing estroprogestin (E/P) pill given for 12 months vs. gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist (GNRHa) given for 4 months followed by E/P pill treatment for 8 months in the relief of endomet…

article 1999

Objective To analyse the association between use of oral contraception and risk of pelvic endometriosis. Design We compared use of oral contraception in women with and without endometriosis. Participants Eligible for the study were women wi…