Sofiane Bendifallah

No ORCID on file · 97 papers in corpus · active 2013-2026

Study types

  • article 62
  • review 15
  • other 11
  • book-chapter 3
  • meta-analysis 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 77
  • mesh:D004715 56
  • infertility 11
  • bowel_endometriosis 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • endometrioma 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 3
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • mesh:D004414 1
  • adenomyosis 1
article 2023
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.10.015
article 2023
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR ·doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2023.03.025
article 2023
NEJM evidence ·doi:10.1056/evidoa2200282

BACKGROUND: The discovery of a saliva-based micro–ribonucleic acid (miRNA) signature for endometriosis in 2022 opened up new perspectives for early and noninvasive diagnosis of the disease. The 109-miRNA saliva signature is the product of m…

article 2022
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms23148045

Endometriosis, defined by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus, affects 2-10% of the female population, i.e., around 190 million women, worldwide. The aim of the prospective ENDO-miRNA study was to develop a bioinforma…

article 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.12.025
article 2022
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12010175

The pathophysiology of endometriosis remains poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to investigate functions and pathways associated with the various miRNAs differentially expressed in patients with endometriosis. Plasma sample…

article 2022
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS ·doi:10.1002/rcs.2382

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to evaluate surgical outcomes of robotic compared to conventional laparoscopy for colorectal surgery for endometriosis. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study comparing robotic to conventional laparos…

book-chapter 2022
·doi:10.1016/b978-2-294-77427-0.00011-4
article 2022
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12051150

The aim of our study was to describe the bioinformatics approach to analyze miRNome with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) of 200 plasma samples from patients with and without endometriosis. Patients were prospectively included in the ENDO-m…

article 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11092443

Introduction: Transvaginal sonography is the first-line imaging technique to diagnose endometriosis, but magnetic resonance imaging is more accurate in staging the extent of lesions, especially for deep pelvic endometriosis. The revised Ame…

article 2022
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.11.013
article 2022

IMAGING OF OVARIAN CANCERS Imaging of ovarian lesions is based on the triptych: pelvic ultrasound with Doppler, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). Endovaginal pelvic ultrasound is the first-line examination; tool…

review 2022
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.08.625
other 2022
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04637-2

Endometriosis-a systemic and chronic condition occurring in women of childbearing age-is a highly enigmatic disease with unresolved questions. While multiple biomarkers, genomic analysis, questionnaires, and imaging techniques have been adv…

other 2022
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07771-7

Endometriosis, characterized by endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is thought to affect 2-10% of women of reproductive age: representing about 190 million women worldwide. Numerous studies have evaluated the diagnostic value of blo…

article 2022
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.07.035
article 2022
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/1471-0528.17348

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a saliva diagnostic test (Endotest®) for endometriosis compared with the conventional algorithm. DESIGN: A cost-effectiveness analysis with a decision-tree model based on literature data. SETTING: France. POPULATION: …

article 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11030612

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis diagnosis constitutes a considerable economic burden for the healthcare system with diagnostic tools often inconclusive with insufficient accuracy. We sought to analyze the human miRNAome to define a saliva-based d…

review 2021
Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation ·doi:10.1515/hmbci-2020-0064

Endometriosis negatively impacts the lives of countless women around the world. When medical management fails to improve the quality of life for women with either previously confirmed or suspected endometriosis often a decision must be made…

review 2021
·doi:10.21037/gpm-20-52

Abstract: Endometriosis is an all too common benign inflammatory condition that impacts the lives of countless women around the world. Not only is there typically a delay in diagnosis of this devastating condition, but women are often misma…

review 2021
Chinese clinical oncology ·doi:10.21037/cco-20-228

Pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy are associated with increased risk of complications and are responsible for a significant proportion of morbidity and impaired quality of life following surgical management of pelvic malignancies. Sent…

review 2021
Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation ·doi:10.1515/hmbci-2020-0067

Endometriosis negatively impacts the lives of countless women around the world. When medical management fails to improve quality of life often women are left making a decision whether or not to proceed with surgery. With endometriomas, pati…

article 2021
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoab003

Abstract STUDY QUESTION Could the anogenital distance (AGD) as assessed by MRI (MRI-AGD) be a diagnostic tool for endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER A short MRI-AGD is a strong diagnostic marker of endometriosis. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY A short cl…

article 2021
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.06.018
article 2021
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.13.1.006

The preoperative work-up and optimal surgical approach to colorectal endometriosis is a highly studied topic lacking definitive recommendations. Synthesis of the available data can be extremely challenging for surgeons due to the heterogene…