Pier L Venturini
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· 7 papers in corpus
other
2014
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of two hormonal therapies in treating symptoms caused by bowel endometriosis. DESIGN: Patient preference study. SETTING: University hospital. POPULATION: A total of 143 women with rectovaginal endometri…
editorial
2011
Bowel endometriosis affects between 3.8% and 37% of women with endometriosis. The evaluation of symptoms and clinical examination are inadequate for an accurate diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis. Transvaginal ultrasonography is the firs…
article
2011
BACKGROUND: When aromatase inhibitors are used to treat premenopausal women with endometriosis, additional drugs should be used to effectively down-regulate gonadal estrogen biosynthesis. This randomized prospective open-label study compare…
other
2011
This systematic review aims to assess the efficacy of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) in treating pain symptoms caused by endometriosis. A comprehensive literature search was conducted to identify all the published studies evaluating the efficac…
article
2010
ObjectiveUp to now limited attention has been given to the medical treatment of bowel endometriosis. This study evaluates the efficacy of aromatase inhibitors and norethisterone acetate in treating pain and gastrointestinal symptoms caused …
review
2009
Current treatment of endometriosis is mainly based on surgery and ovarian suppressive agents. In the last 10 years, it has been demonstrated that aromatase P450, a key enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis, may have a pathogenic role in endometr…
article
2009
Little attention has been given to the role of hormonal therapies in treating symptoms caused by bowel endometriosis [1]. The aim of the present open-label prospective study was to evaluate the effects of GnRH analogues (GnRH-a) on pain and…