Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore

No ORCID on file · 109 papers in corpus · active 2011-2026

Study types

  • article 73
  • review 16
  • other 7
  • book-chapter 7
  • letter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 90
  • adenomyosis 14
  • endometrioma 10
  • bowel_endometriosis 9
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 6
  • dysmenorrhea 5
  • infertility 5
  • dyspareunia 4
  • bladder_endometriosis 4
  • die_deep_infiltrating 3
article 2015
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.01.032
article 2015
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.01.012
review 2015
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.08.031
article 2014
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1111/nyas.12411

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease defined by the growth of endometrial stroma and glands outside of the uterus. Epidemiological and clinical studies show that estrogen is essential for the growth of endometriosis. …

article 2014
other 2014
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.12326

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of two hormonal therapies in treating symptoms caused by bowel endometriosis. DESIGN: Patient preference study. SETTING: University hospital. POPULATION: A total of 143 women with rectovaginal endometri…

review 2014
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy ·doi:10.1517/14656566.2014.943734

INTRODUCTION: Dienogest (DNG) is an oral progestin, derivative of 19-nortestosterone, that has recently been introduced for the treatment of endometriosis. AREAS COVERED: This review examines the clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability o…

article 2014
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.266
article 2014
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deu308

STUDY QUESTION: Do endometriotic ovarian cysts influence the rate of spontaneous ovulation? SUMMARY ANSWER: Endometriotic cysts, no matter what their volume, do not influence the rate of spontaneous ovulation in the affected ovary. WHAT IS …

article 2014
other 2014
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.010

PURPOSE: To compare the accuracy of multidetector computerized tomography enema (MDCT-e) and magnetic resonance enema (MRI-e) in determining the presence of sigmoid and rectal endometriotic nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 260 women (32.6 ±…

other 2014
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.11.030

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of norethisterone acetate (NETA; group N) or letrozole combined with NETA (group L) in treating endometriotic ovarian cysts. STUDY DESIGN: This patient-preference study included 20 patients in group N and…

article 2014
·doi:10.1002/uog.13562

To compare the accuracy of magnetic resonance enema (MR-e) and transvaginal ultrasonography combined with water-contrast in the rectum (RWC-TVS) in diagnosing rectosigmoid endometriotic nodules. This was a prospective cross-sectional study.…

article 2014
·doi:10.1002/uog.13831

To investigate the changes in the sonographically detectable alterations of the myometrium caused by adenomyosis after treatment with aromatase inhibitor. This prospective study included symptomatic women with adenomyosis. The diagnosis of …

article 2014
·doi:10.1002/uog.14553

Eleven days after laparoscopic excision of deep endometriosis, a 32-year old patient was admitted to the emergency room of our institution because of severe vaginal bleeding. The patient was apyretic but asthenic; she did not suffer pain sy…

review 2014
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy ·doi:10.1517/14656566.2014.916279

INTRODUCTION: Over the past 30 years, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a) have been used to induce a hypoestrogenic status in women with endometriosis with the aim to cause an improvement in pain symptoms similar to that observ…

article 2014
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-014-2487-6
article 2013
article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.193
article 2013
·doi:10.1093/humrep/det211

Study question: To compare the pregnancy rate in patients submitted to FET (Frozen Embryos Transfer) of cleavage stage embryos (Group 1), or at the blastocyst stage (Group 2). Summary answer: Our data showed that the transfer of frozen blas…

article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.787
article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1698
article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1702
article 2013

OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of multidetector computerized to- mography enteroclysis (MDCT-e) and magnetic resonance enteroclysis (MR-e) in determining the presence and the mucosa layer involvement of sig- moid and rectal endometrioti…

article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.798