Clarissa Costa

ORCID: 0009-0009-2859-4326 · 3 papers in corpus
article 2024
Changes in Pelvic Floor Ultrasonographic Features after Flat Magnetic Stimulation in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain and Levator Ani Muscle Hypertonicity
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina60030374

Background and Objectives: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) represents a major public health problem for women with a significant impact on their quality of life. In many cases of CPP, due to gynecological causes-such as endometriosis and vulvodyn…

review 2024
The Evil Twins of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome and Endometriosis
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/healthcare12232403

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating condition affecting quality of life. Endometriosis is one of the leading causes of CPP, but recent studies highlighted the role of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/PBS) in cau…

2023
Efficacy of a Diode Vaginal Laser in the Treatment of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause.
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/bioengineering10101158

IntroductionGenitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) are the most frequent menopause-related clinical entities and are consistently included in the definition of pelvic floor disorders (PFDs). Nonhormonal the…