Simone Ferrero

OBJECTIVE: Previous studies did not establish a clear correlation between the presence of endometriosis and the values of body mass index (BMI). STUDY DESIGN: The BMI of 366 women with endometriosis was compared to that of 248 controls und…

UNLABELLED: In the last few years, our understanding of the pathogenesis of endometriosis at the cellular and molecular levels has improved significantly. This may give us the opportunity to use new, specific agents for the treatment of thi…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the expression of haptoglobin (Hp) beta chain isoforms in the peritoneal fluid (PF) and plasma (PL) of women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): …

BACKGROUND: This study aims to evaluate the completeness of full thickness disc resection in the treatment of deep endometriotic bowel lesions. METHODS: This study comprised 16 women with bowel endometriotic lesions requiring segmental res…

Ferrero, Simone; Abbamonte, Luiza Helena; Remorgida, Valentino; Ragni, Nicola Author Information

Previous studies have suggested that the proportion of left ovarian endometriotic cysts is significantly higher than the expected 50% but that ovarian dermoid cysts have a predisposition to a right lateral distribution. We studied the distr…

OBJECTIVE: To characterize sexual function among women with endometriosis and deep dyspareunia (DD). DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: University teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): Three-hundred nine women undergoing surgery because o…

p0.09). The meanSD adhesion severities of control, oral and intraperitoneal groups were 1.60.91, 0.250.42 and 1.31.51, respectively (p0.009). The oral group had fewer and less severe adhesions that were statistically significant in all site…

OBJECTIVE: Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis is a powerful method for identifying post-translationally modified molecules in biological fluids. We examined the presence and expression of vitamin D binding protein (DBP) in the peritoneal f…

BACKGROUND: Few case reports describing endometriosis in patients with gonadal dysgenesis have been published, but none has reported the presence of adenomyosis in a patient with Turner's syndrome. CASE: A 31-year-old woman with mosaic Tur…

BACKGROUND: Our aim is to assess the prevalence and characteristics of headache in patients with endometriosis compared with women without this disease. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-three women with histologically proven endometriosis a…