Giovanni Scambia

No ORCID on file · 87 papers in corpus · active 1983-2025

Study types

  • article 61
  • other 11
  • review 8
  • meta-analysis 3
  • letter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 63
  • die_deep_infiltrating 12
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 12
  • dyspareunia 8
  • adenomyosis 8
  • dysmenorrhea 6
  • infertility 4
  • bowel_endometriosis 4
  • endometrioma 2
  • mesh:D004716 1
meta-analysis 2023
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society ·doi:10.1136/ijgc-2022-004014

OBJECTIVE: In endometrial carcinoma patients, sentinel lymph node bilateral mapping fails in 20-25% of cases, with several factors affecting the likelihood of detection. However, pooled data about predictive factors of failure are lacking. …

article 2023
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.15.1.059

Uterine fibroids have an impact on women's lives due to their high prevalence, physical symptoms, their consequences on patients' emotional and psychological well-being and loss of work productivity. The choice of therapeutical approaches v…

article 2023
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.15019

OBJECTIVE: Surgical management of bowel endometriosis is still controversial. Recently, many authors have pointed out the potential benefits of preserving the superior rectal artery, thus ensuring better perfusion of the anastomosis. The ai…

review 2022
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/S2724-606X.21.04881-8

INTRODUCTION: In this paper, we report general pharmacological profile and major biological activities of natural progesterone (P) and progestins. The aim of this article consists of synthesizing the principal aspects of pharmacology and me…

article 2022
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.14089

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the functional outcomes of nerve-sparing surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with or without posterolateral parametrectomy. METHODS: A multicenter, observational, retrospective, cohort study was performe…

other 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.08.032

OBJECTIVE: To characterize T lymphocyte infiltration and programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in early-stage endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC), ovarian endometriosis (OE), atypical…

article 2022
·doi:10.5281/zenodo.7313242

(1) Background: The surgical treatment (ST) of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) presents technical difficulties and pitfalls. Surgeon’s experience and new technologies reduce the difficulty of identifying endometriosis lesions especial…

article 2022
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.14402

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and the efficacy of laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy with round ligament bladder hitching. METHODS: This is a monocentric retrospective study. Enrolled patients affected by deep endometriosis unde…

other 2022
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·doi:10.1080/01443615.2021.1954149

The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on Italian Gynaecological Units practice and the compliance and satisfaction with available guidelines/recommendations is unknown. Therefore, a survey was conducted among all Italian Gynaecolo…

article 2022
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.14.2.016

BACKGROUND: Deep endometriosis (DE) usually creates a distortion of the retroperitoneal anatomy and may infiltrate the parametria with an oncomimetic pathway similar to cervical cancer. The condition represents a severe manifestation of end…

article 2021
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/molecules26020288

Endometriosis is an estrogen-linked gynecological disease defined by the presence of endometrial tissue on extrauterine sites where it forms invasive lesions. Alterations in estrogen-mediated cellular signaling seems to have an essential ro…

article 2021
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.14059

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate effectiveness and reproducibility of qualitative and quantitative near-infrared indocyanine green (NIR-ICG) analyses as a tool for anastomotic perfusion assessment after full-thickness bowel resection for rectosigmoid…

other 2021
Frontiers in oncology ·doi:10.3389/fonc.2021.737938

INTRODUCTION: A current challenge for endometriosis surgery is to correctly identify the localizations of disease, especially when small or hidden (occult endometriosis), and to exactly define their real extension. The use of near-infrared …

other 2021
Updates in surgery ·doi:10.1007/s13304-020-00893-5

To assess the feasibility and the safety of the ultra-minimally invasive (U-MIS) approaches in gynecology, we compared our experience in percutaneous assisted hysterectomy (PSS-H) with a series of 3 mm mini-laparoscopy hysterectomy (m-LPS-H…

case-report 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.06.023

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the application of surgical neuroanatomic principles for the diagnosis and treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis involving the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. DESIGN: Video demonstration of laparosco…

article 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.03.010
review 2021
Current protein & peptide science ·doi:10.2174/1389203722666211029102417

α-lipoic Acid (ALA), also known as thioctic acid, is a biological thiol present in all types of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It has been shown that ALA or its reduced form, DHLA, has several positive effects on human health, acting as …

review 2020
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaz067

The adaptation of the uterine environment into a favorable immunological and inflammatory milieu is a physiological process needed in normal pregnancy. A uterine hyperinflammatory state, whether idiopathic or secondary to hormonal or organi…

article 2020
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.13824

INTRODUCTION: Recto-vaginal endometriosis surgical management needing partial colpectomy is a surgically challenging condition and has been associated with a notable risk of major postoperative complications. In the present study we sought …

review 2020
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.13971

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a very common disease that affects up to 10% of the female population. The use of indocyanine green (ICG) dye has been proposed to allow the proper localization of endometriotic lesions during surgery. Our pur…

article 2020
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.792
article 2020
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.13866

INTRODUCTION: The complete surgical removal of endometriosis lesions is not always feasible because some implants may be very small or hidden. The use of intraoperative near-infrared radiation (NIR) imaging after intravenous injection of in…

review 2020
Journal of robotic surgery ·doi:10.1007/s11701-020-01061-y
article 2020
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-020-05694-0
article 2020
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000508225

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common benign gynecological condition that can be associated with a slightly increased risk of developing a wide range of malignancies. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report a singular case of a 62-year-old wo…