Roberta Venturella

STUDY QUESTION: Are endometriotic lesions affecting bilateral organs or anatomical structures distributed symmetrically on both sides of the body? SUMMARY ANSWER: The left-sided preponderance of pelvic endometriotic lesions, and the right-…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of relugolix combination therapy in women with uterine fibroids (UFs) and concomitant ultrasound-diagnosed adenomyosis. DESIGN: This post hoc analysis used pooled data from completers of the pivotal LIBERTY …

Abstract Study question To assess the effect of oral relugolix combination therapy (Relugolix-CT) in the subgroup of women with endometriosis-associated pain who received prior first-line hormonal treatment. Summary answer Relugolix-CT sign…

Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the length of diagnostic delay of symptomatic endometriosis in Italy and analyse the presence of correlations between the socio-demographic status of patients and the clinical characteristics/type …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the true impact of endometriosis on oocytes' competence defined as blastulation, euploidy and implantation rates. DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter case-control study involving infertile couples undergoing ICSI with …

BACKGROUND: Uterine leiomyomas, also referred to as myomas or fibroids, are benign tumours arising from the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium. They are the most common pelvic tumour in women. The estimated rate of leiomyosarcoma, found …

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…

fertilization (IVF) has become the standard approach to treat this condition but a thorough investigation and, whenever possible, the individual diagnosis of the underlying causes of infertility are required. For many female causes, indeed,…

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…

Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract in developed countries. At the moment, no effective screening system is available. Here, we evaluate the diagnostic performance of a serum metabolomic signat…

A panel of experts in the field of endometriosis expressed their opinions on management options in a 28-year-old patient, attempting pregnancy for 1 year, with severe cyclic pelvic pain and with clinical examination and imaging techniques s…

Background The study aim was to assess the reliability in the diagnosis of superficial endometriosis of the combined evaluation of 2 parameters: modifications of serum CA125 and VAS pain score following 1 dose of GnRH analog (GnRH-a). Metho…

Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is considered the first line diagnostic technique for deep pelvic endometriosis (DPE), even if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) seems more accurate for DPE severity assessment. As routine MRI may not be cost ef…

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A 41-year-old woman referred to us with dysmenorrhea and severe pelvic pain although she was previously submitted to right laparotomic adnexectomy for ovarian endometrioma and to a subsequent operative laparoscopy for pelvic adhesions. Afte…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the improvement in catamenial chronic pelvic pain (CPP) after Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone analogue (GnRH-a) administration in women affected by adenomyosis or endometriosis. We retrospectively analys…

AIM: In recent years, both dienogest, a fourth-generation progestin, and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device have been found to be effective in terms of endometriosis-related pelvic pain improvement. No data, however, are available…

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, “Magna Graecia” University, Gynecologic Oncology Unit, “Tommaso Campanella” Cancer Center of Germaneto, viale Europa, loc. Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro “It is important to emphasize that in women undergo…