Valentino Remorgida

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to investigate asthma prevalence and severity in women with and without endometriosis. METHODS: Before laparoscopy, asthma prevalence was evaluated in 879 women of reproductive age, undergoing surgery because …

ObjectivePrevious studies did not establish a clear correlation between the presence of endometriosis and the values of body mass index (BMI).Study designThe BMI of 366 women with endometriosis was compared to that of 248 controls undergoin…

UNLABELLED: In the last few years, our understanding of the pathogenesis of endometriosis at the cellular and molecular levels has improved significantly. This may give us the opportunity to use new, specific agents for the treatment of thi…

ObjectiveTo estimate the expression of haptoglobin (Hp) beta chain isoforms in the peritoneal fluid (PF) and plasma (PL) of women with and without endometriosis.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Seventy-two pa…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to evaluate the completeness of full thickness disc resection in the treatment of deep endometriotic bowel lesions. METHODS: This study comprised 16 women with bowel endometriotic lesions requiring segmental rese…

Ferrero, Simone; Abbamonte, Luiza Helena; Remorgida, Valentino; Ragni, Nicola Author Information

ObjectiveTo characterize sexual function among women with endometriosis and deep dyspareunia (DD).DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingUniversity teaching hospital.Patient(s)Three-hundred nine women undergoing surgery because of infertility,…

p0.09). The meanSD adhesion severities of control, oral and intraperitoneal groups were 1.60.91, 0.250.42 and 1.31.51, respectively (p0.009). The oral group had fewer and less severe adhesions that were statistically significant in all site…

ObjectiveTwo-dimensional gel electrophoresis is a powerful method for identifying post-translationally modified molecules in biological fluids. We examined the presence and expression of vitamin D binding protein (DBP) in the peritoneal flu…

BACKGROUND: Our aim is to assess the prevalence and characteristics of headache in patients with endometriosis compared with women without this disease. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-three women with histologically proven endometriosis an…