Anastasia Ussia

As the diagnosis requires a laparoscopy, we only have data in women with pain and/or infertility. Endometriosis has been considered to be a single disease defined as 'endometrium like glands and stroma outside the uterus'. However, subtle, …

Statistical significance is used to analyse research findings and is together with biased free trials the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. However traditional statistics are based on the assumption that the population investigated is…

BACKGROUND: The genetic-epigenetic theory postulates that endometriosis is triggered by a cumulative set of genetic-epigenetic (GE) incidents. Pelvic and upper genital tract infection might induce GE incidents and thus play a role in the pa…

Abstract Background To review women with symptomatic and clinically progressive endometriosis after menopause in the absence of estrogen intake or excessive systemic endogenous production. Design Seven case reports and a systematic review o…

ObjectiveTo study the pathophysiology of endometriosis.DesignOverview of observations on endometriosis.SettingNot applicable.Patient(s)None.Interventions(s)None.Main outcome measure(s)The hypothesis is compatible with all observations.Resul…

Deep endometriosis, defined as adenomyosis externa, mostly presents as a single nodule, larger than 1 cm in diameter, in the vesicouterine fold or close to the lower 20 cm of the bowel. When diagnosed, most nodules are no longer progressive…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review laparoscopic surgery in the treatment options for ureteral lesions in gynaecological surgery. RECENT FINDINGS: Laparoscopic treatment of ureteral injuries has been increasingly reported over the past years. Tre…

With the steadily increasing volume of endometriosis articles, and titles and abstracts readily available online, there is a growing risk that references are cited without the full articles having been read by the author(s) or by referees. …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outcome of laparoscopic repair of ureteral injury in laparoscopic gynecologic surgery. DESIGN: Prospective trial. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty patients with a ureteral lesion in laparoscop…

Abstract Centers of excellent endometriosis surgery could improve the care of women with endometriosis, especially if combined with control of the quality of the surgery performed, e.g., through systematic taping of entire inter-ventions. C…