Edgardo Somigliana
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· 332 papers in corpus
· active 1995-2026
Study types
- article 153
- review 81
- other 49
- letter 16
- meta-analysis 11
Condition tags
- endometriosis 291
- infertility 53
- endometrioma 38
- chronic_pelvic_pain 29
- adenomyosis 28
- dyspareunia 17
- dysmenorrhea 16
- bowel_endometriosis 15
- die_deep_infiltrating 8
- bladder_endometriosis 6
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- Paolo Vercellini 201
- Paola Viganò 193
- Somigliana E 93
- Laura Benaglia 85
- Vercellini P 64
- Luigi Fedele 62
- Massimo Candiani 45
- Benaglia L 43
- Laura Buggio 41
- Michele Vignali 41
letter
2021
review
2021
According to a rich body of literature, immune cell dysfunctions, both locally and systemically, and an inflammatory environment characterize all forms of endometriosis. Alterations in transcripts and proteins involved in the recruitment of…
article
2021
Abstract Abstract text Endometriosis can affect natural fertility by distorting pelvic anatomy and by causing local pelvic inflammation that affects the quality of the oocytes, the function of the tubes and the sperm capacity to fertilize. …
article
2021
Management of women with endometriosis in general is complex. It requires a multidisciplinary and tailored approach. The time of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) may be particularly complicated because women with the disease face peculiar addit…
article
2021
Research questionWhat are the associations between endometriosis, pelvic pain symptoms, fatigue and sleep? Psychological health and quality of life in endometriosis patients with good versus bad quality of sleep were also examined.DesignThi…
article
2020
ObjectiveTo estimate the frequency of spontaneous hemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHiP) in women with endometriosis achieving pregnancy with in vitro fertilization (IVF).DesignRetrospective case series.SettingReferral academic assisted reprodu…
letter
2020
article
2020
Several pathogenetic mechanisms have been postulated to explain the association between endometriosis and subfertility. However, to date, definitive conclusions cannot be drawn. In this study, we hypothesized that the reduced exploitation o…
article
2020
A consistent body of in vitro evidence supports a detrimental effect of endometriosis on ovarian steroidogenesis, in particular the synthesis of estrogens. However, clinical evidence is scanty and methodologically weak. This study aimed at …
retraction
2020
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Authors. The entire group of …
letter
2020
article
2020
Research questionAvailable evidence shows that the presence of ovarian endometriomas does not interfere with the ovarian response to ovarian stimulation. However, the mean size of the endometriomas in these studies is generally small, and t…
other
2020
review
2019
The incidence of endometriosis in middle-aged women is not minimal compared to that in the reproductive age group. The treatment of affected women after childbearing age to the natural transition toward menopause has received considerably p…
letter
2019
International audience
letter
2019
article
2019
Endometrioma decidualisation during pregnancy is a demanding clinical condition. Ultrasonographic features may mimic ovarian cancer and clinicians have to face the dilemma whether to operate or not a pregnant woman. Surgery during pregnancy…
other
2019
The present randomized controlled in vitro study was designed to evaluate the effects of the exposure of human cryopreserved oocytes to endometriotic fluid. Twenty-three women aged 36 (4) years donated a total of 147 vitrified supernumerary…
article
2019
OBJECTIVE: Ovarian hyper-stimulation during IVF is associated with a significant raise in serum estrogens and one may expect detrimental effects on estrogen-dependent diseases such as endometriosis. However, available evidence from large ca…
article
2019
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…
article
2018
The immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, and antiproliferative properties of vitamin D have laid the basis for a possible function of this prohormone in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. The aim of this case-control study was to investigat…
article
2018
A stepped-care approach to symptomatic endometriosis management: a participatory research initiative
ObjectiveTo assess the proportion of patients with symptomatic endometriosis satisfied with their medical treatment 12 months after enrollment in a stepped-care management protocol.DesignProspective, single-arm, self-controlled study.Settin…
article
2018
Bowel surgery for colorectal endometriosis is being promoted to infertile women without severe sub-occlusive symptoms, with the objective of improving the likelihood of conception. Contrary to rectal shaving, bowel surgery involving full-th…
article
2018
Elagolix, an orally active non-peptidic GnRH antagonist, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the management of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis. As the degree of ovarian suppression obtained with e…
article
2018
The purpose of this study was to assess the proportion of patients satisfied with their treatment after a change from a low-dose oral contraceptive (OC) to norethisterone acetate (NETA) because of inefficacy of OC on pain symptoms. To this …