Martina Ribič Pucelj

Background. Endometriosis is a comon, complex gynecological syndrom defined as the growth of endometrial glands and stroma in an extra-uterine location. It affects 5 – 20 % of women of reproductive age.1 Nowadays, prevailing opinion about e…

Background. Endometriosis is an estrogen dependent disease that affects 5 − 20 % of women of reproductive age. Course of the disease is progressive and leads to a variety of symptoms that range from pain complaints to infertility. Some symp…

Background. Many studies have shown significant reduction of fertility in endometriosis. Mechanisms of infertility are still not completely clear. The aim of our study is to obtain the effectiveness of laparoscopic treatment of infertility …

The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the correlation between prostaglandin F2-alpha and tumour necrosis factor-alpha concentration and that of pain experienced by patients undergoing thermal balloon ablation. Furthermore we ev…

Background: Endometriosis is often defined as heterogeneous immune abnormality. In accordance with the data, women with endometriosis are more frequently affected by Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, r…

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma within extrauterine sites. Estimations show that up to 15 % of women in their reproductive age areaffected. Extrauterine endometrial tissue can be found on…

Background. Endometriosis is nowadays probably the most frequent cause of infertility or subfertility and is revealed in approximately 30–40% of infertile women. The association between fertility and minimal or mild endometriosis remains un…