Edgardo Somigliana

No ORCID on file · 315 papers in corpus · active 1995-2026

Study types

  • article 150
  • review 79
  • other 46
  • letter 16
  • meta-analysis 11

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 283
  • infertility 53
  • endometrioma 37
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 28
  • adenomyosis 28
  • dysmenorrhea 16
  • dyspareunia 16
  • bowel_endometriosis 13
  • die_deep_infiltrating 8
  • bladder_endometriosis 6
review 2014
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.02.006
article 2014

The laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas appears to increase the chances of spontaneous conception, but the value of this treatment in women selected for IVF–ICSI cycles is debated. Studies recruiting women with unilat-eral diseas…

article 2014
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.07.021
other 2014
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deu169

STUDY QUESTION: Is the prevalence of blue eye colour higher in women with deep endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Blue eye colour is more common in women with deep endometriosis when compared with both women with ovarian endometriomas and wome…

article 2014
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.07.036
article 2014
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.008
article 2014
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.06.009
review 2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114529374
review 2014
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deu041

STUDY QUESTION: Is adenomyosis associated with IVF/ICSI outcome in terms of clinical pregnancy rate? SUMMARY ANSWER: In a meta-analysis of published data, women with adenomyosis had a 28% reduction in the likelihood of clinical pregnancy at…

article 2013

SEVERAL MILLION WOMEN from different ethnic and social groups suffer from pelvic endometriosis, which is a complex disorder characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue in ectopic sites outside the uterus. Endometriosis is a chronic …

article 2013
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1032
review 2013
Nature reviews. Endocrinology ·doi:10.1038/nrendo.2013.255
other 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.110

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate IVF outcome in women with unoperated bilateral endometriomas. DESIGN: Multicenter retrospective cohort study. SETTINGS: Two infertility units. PATIENT(S): Thirty-nine women with bilateral endometriomas matched with…

article 2013
·doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0000426488.89924.1e

The presence of a primary endometrioma and its surgical excision may be detrimental for future fertility. After removal of the primary tumor, recurrence is common: 30% to 50% after 2 to 5 years of follow-up. The likelihood of conception aft…

review 2013
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2013.10.007
review 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.08.039

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
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0032-1333478

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
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/det041

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
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.02.002
article 2013
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2013.813476

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
·doi:10.5301/je.5000156

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
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2012.03.004
review 2012
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.01.003
letter 2012
The Lancet. Oncology ·doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(12)70198-5
article 2012
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2012.683081

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…