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
review
2013
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate physical attractiveness in women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Academic hospital. PATIENT(S): Three hundred nulliparous women. INTERVENTION(S): Assessment of attractiveness b…
review
2013
Analysis of published series reveals that no more than a fourth of subfertile patients undergoing surgery for peritoneal endometriotic implants, rectovaginal endometriotic lesions, or recurrent endometriomas achieved conception spontaneousl…
article
2013
STUDY QUESTION: Does surgical and low-dose progestin treatment differentially affect endometriosis-associated severe deep dyspareunia in terms of sexual functioning, psychological status and health-related quality of life? SUMMARY ANSWER: S…
article
2013
ObjectiveTo determine whether the oncofetal protein IMP3 is detectable in endometriomas with or without histological atypia and whether IMP3 staining can be used as a triage tool to identify foci of atypical endometriosis in doubtful cases.…
article
2013
There is a general belief that pregnancy has a beneficial effect on endometriosis but evidence is scanty. Moreover, some recent warning reports documented progression-growth of ovarian endometriomas during pregnancy. To further elucidate th…
article
2013
Controversy exists regarding the pathogenesis of endometriotic ovarian cysts. Different and complex theories have been proposed over the years since the description of chocolate cysts by Sampson in 1921. We have herein reviewed findings in …
review
2012
Prevention of adhesions, whether de novo or by re-formation, is one of the most important and surprisingly neglected aspect of the treatment of endometriosis. Adhesions may cause infertility, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain but also intest…
review
2012
The effect of rectovaginal endometriosis on fertility is unclear. Several authors foster radical surgery, including colorectal resection, as a fertility-enhancing procedure. However, interpretation of data is difficult, as the baseline fert…
letter
2012
article
2012
Women in Western nations are exposed to an "unnatural" high number of menstrual cycles and this has been claimed to favour the development of endometriosis. If so, the prevalence of the disease should be low in remote rural settings charact…
article
2012
ObjectiveTo assess the impact of rectovaginal endometriosis on pain at intercourse and sexual functioning.DesignCase-control study.SettingAcademic department.Patient(s)Case subjects were women with rectovaginal endometriosis (n = 100), and …
review
2012
Ovulation seems crucial in the pathogenesis of ovarian endometriomas. Therefore, suppression of ovulation should be protective against cyst relapse after excision. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effect of long-ter…
book-chapter
2012
article
2012
background: There is a growing consensus that ovarian endometriomas should not be systematically removed in women selected for IVF. However, some recent evidence suggested that the presence of these cysts may negatively affect the course of…
review
2012
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis has been associated with specific morphometric characteristics and pigmentary traits. The purpose of this study was to systematically review prior publications dealing with this aspect in order to revisit phenotypi…
article
2012
article
2012
review
2012
ObjectiveTo evaluate serum antimüllerian hormone (AMH) level modification after surgical excision of ovarian endometriomas.DesignSystematic review. MEDLINE search from January 1990 to April 2012 using the combination of medical terms endome…
other
2012
STUDY QUESTION: Does surgical or medical treatment for endometriosis-associated severe deep dyspareunia achieve better results in terms of patients' satisfaction (main study outcome), variation of coital pain and frequency of intercourse? …
article
2012
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, which is characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue at ectopic locations as well as vascular development and inflammation, is still an unmet clinical need since an optimal drug that allows for both pain and…
article
2011
other
2011
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent and inflammatory disease, characterized by implantation and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Whether affected women are at increased risk of malignant tumors is a matter of curr…
other
2011
Dysmenorrhea as a reason to initiate estroprogestins is significantly more common in women with endometriosis than in women without the disease. This might explain the previously reported mild association between endometriosis and past use …
other
2011
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate rate and determinants of long-term recurrence of endometriosis in a population of young women. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: University tertiary care referral center for women with benign gynecologic …
article
2011
BACKGROUND: A possible and neglected concern in women with endometriosis undergoing IVF is the potential risk of progression of the disease. We set up a prospective study mainly aimed at evaluating the impact of IVF on endometriosis-related…