Simone Ferrero

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that causes pain and infertility. Combined oral contraceptives and progestins are commonly used for the treatment of endometriosis because they reduce the severity of pain symptoms in 60–70% of patients an…

Introduction: Tubal dysfunction is a leading factor in female infertility. Laparoscopy dye is the gold standard to detect tubal patency (laparoscopic chromohydrotubation, LSC-CHT), but hysterosalpingography (HSG) and hystero-contrast-sonogr…

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…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with vaginal danazol in improving the pain symptoms caused by rectovaginal endometriosis that persist after insertion of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD). METHODS…

IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: Medical therapy is the most commonly used treatment for endometriosis. In particular, the administration of hormonal therapies aims to improve symptoms with minimal adverse effects. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW: Obs…

Since the presence of intestinal endometriosis cannot be reliably established by physical examination or the evaluation of intestinal symptoms, imaging techniques are required for the diagno- sis of bowel endometriosis. This review evaluate…

Since the presence of intestinal endometriosis cannot be reliably established by physical examination or the evaluation of intestinal symptoms, imaging techniques are required for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis. This review evaluates …

INTRODUCTION: Ectopic endometrial tissue is found in 1.5% to 6.2% of women of reproductive age, in up to 60% of those with dysmenorrhoea, and in up to 30% of women with subfertility, with a peak incidence at around 40 years of age. However,…

Objective To determine the concentration of haptoglobin (Hp) in peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with and without endometriosis and its correlation with the phase of the menstrual cycle. The expression of Hpβe (determined by two-dimensional p…

BACKGROUND: The 5-HT(4) receptor agonist prucalopride enhances large intestinal contractility by facilitating acetylcholine release through activation of 5-HT(4) receptors on cholinergic nerves and is effective in patients with constipation…

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 …

This study analyzed by immunofluorescence staining the sympathetic innervation in the bowel adjacent to the endometriotic lesion and in the healthy tissue at the border of the resected specimen. Sympathetic nerve fibers are significantly re…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of newly diagnosed endometriosis in premenopausal women who requested a consultation with their general practitioner because of non-gynecological problems. METHOD: Participants in the study were invi…

AIM: The rectosigmoid is the most frequent location of intestinal endometriosis. Although several techniques have been proposed for the diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis, no gold standard is currently available. In this review, we descr…

Recent case reports and pilot studies suggested that aromatase inhibitors might be effective in treating pain symptoms related to the presence of endometriosis. We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who suffered dysmenorrhea, dyspareun…

PURPOSE: The aim of this randomized, surgeon-blind, controlled study was to evaluate the role of a 7 days minimal-residue (low fibre intake) pre-operative diet compared with a mechanical bowel preparation in laparoscopic benign gynaecologic…

ABSTRACT: Bladder endometriosis is defined as full-thickness infiltration of the detrusor; small sub- peritoneal implants and small nodules of the vesicouterine fold cannot be considered to be bladder endometriosis. In women with endometrio…

Bladder endometriosis is defined as full-thickness infiltration of the detrusor; small sub-peritoneal implants and small nodules of the vesicouterine fold cannot be considered to be bladder endometriosis. In women with endometriosis, urinar…