ObjectiveTo assess whether routine renal ultrasonography may be recommended in all patients with pelvic endometriosis, in order to avoid silent ureteral involvement of the disease.DesignRetrospective descriptive study.SettingsTertiary cente…
BACKGROUND: The main objective was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new questionnaire for the presurgical diagnosis of bladder endometriosis in patients with a high suspicion index for this disease. METHODS: We included all patient…
OBJECTIVE: To compare the laparoscopic excision of primary versus recurrent ovarian endometriomas. DESIGN: Descriptive study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center for the treatment of endometriosis. PATIENT(S): Between 1993 and 2002, 359 co…
Current approved medical therapies for endometriosis rely on drugs that suppress ovarian steroids and induce a hypoestrogenic state, which determines the atrophy of the ectopic endometrium. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs such as dan…
Le due piu significative forme cliniche di presentazione dell'endometriosi profonda sono l'endometriosi del setto retto-vaginale e l’endometriosi vescicale. In questi casi lo scarso connettivo lasso presente nello spazio retto-vaginale e ve…