Marcello Ceccaroni

Study objectiveTo compare the tolerability and diagnostic accuracy of virtual ultrasonographic hysteroscopy (VUH) with that of conventional diagnostic outpatient hysteroscopy in the workup of patients who are infertile.DesignA single-center…

BackgroundThe current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is holding the world in its grip. Epidemiologists have shown that the mortality risks are higher when the health care system is subjected to pressure from COVID-19. It is therefo…

ObjectiveTo study possible associations between endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).DesignRetrospective cohort analysis over 14 consecutive years, based on medical records and insurance coding in a tertiary care endometriosi…

The decision to perform either conservative surgery or segmental bowel resection for bowel deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is made intraoperatively, after a preoperative assessment, based on the nodule's features. We introduce a techn…

Research questionHow effective is medical hormonal treatment in preventing endometriosis recurrence and in improving women's clinical symptoms and quality of life?DesignThis observational cross-sectional study evaluated the effects of hormo…

BackgroundBowel endometriosis is the most common pattern of Deep Endometriosis (DE). Arising from the posterior portion of the cervix and spreading to the recto-vaginal septum, utero-sacral and parametrial ligaments could lead to a distorti…

ObjectiveTo study the molecular mechanisms involved in the appearance of the fibrotic trait in endometriosis by investigating whether the signaling pathway of the bioactive sphingolipid sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) was altered in endometri…

BACKGROUND: Bladder endometriosis (BE) is the most common external site of deep-infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) affecting the urinary tract. Frequently associated with other DIE lesions, it can be strongly related to a ventral spread of ad…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence, risk factors, and treatment of colorectal anastomotic stenosis in patients who undergo rectosigmoid resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of a prospe…

BACKGROUND: Diaphragmatic endometriosis is a rare presentation of endometriosis and no standardized technique for surgical treatment is available so far. We aim to verify and describe feasibility, safety and post-operative outcomes of patie…

Surgical treatment for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE) with bowel envolvement results in complex procedure associated with postoperative complications such as anastomotic leakage, rectovaginal fistula, bleeding and abdominal abscess.

ObjectiveTo show technical highlights of a nerve-sparing laparoscopic eradication of deep infiltrating endometriosis with rectal and parametrial resection according to the Negrar method.DesignStepwise demonstration of the technique with nar…

Recurrence of endometriosis after conservative surgery is not an uncommon finding. There is no uniformity, however, on what the term 'recurrence' means. Recurrence is variously defined in the literature as the relapse of pain, clinical or i…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with ureteral, parametrial, and bowel involvement. DESIGN: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force clas…