Antonio Simone Laganà

No ORCID on file · 131 papers in corpus · active 2011-2026

Study types

  • article 51
  • review 40
  • other 18
  • letter 5
  • editorial 5

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 104
  • infertility 26
  • dysmenorrhea 12
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 11
  • die_deep_infiltrating 9
  • adenomyosis 7
  • endometrioma 6
  • dyspareunia 5
  • thoracic_endometriosis 3
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
other 2020
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2020.05.049
article 2020
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics10040252

(1) Objectives: In patients with symptoms suggestive of rectosigmoid endometriosis, imaging techniques are required to confirm the presence and establish the extent of the disease. The objective of the current study was to compare the perfo…

other 2020
Expert opinion on investigational drugs ·doi:10.1080/13543784.2020.1842356

INTRODUCTION: Pharmacotherapy has a key role in endometriosis treatment and management, however, a significant proportion of patients have only intermittent or limited benefits with current treatment options. Therefore, novel therapeutic ap…

article 2020
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics10080533

The etiology of endometriosis is highly complex, and although it is a benign disease, it has several biological behaviors similar to malignant lesions, including cell invasion, neo-angiogenesis, and decreased apoptosis. Survivin is a protei…

review 2020
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm9124107

Lymph node involvement has been shown to be one of the most relevant prognostic factors in a variety of malignancies; this is also true of endometrial cancer. The determination of the lymph node status is crucial in order to establish the t…

review 2020
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics10100848

Ultrasound is an effective tool to detect and characterize endometriosis lesions. Variances in endometriosis lesions' appearance and distorted anatomy secondary to adhesions and fibrosis present as major difficulties during the complete son…

other 2020
International journal of fertility & sterility ·doi:10.22074/ijfs.2020.44413
article 2020
·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.07.007
review 2020
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms21031114

BACKGROUND: Ion channels play a crucial role in many physiological processes. Several subtypes are expressed in the endometrium. Endometriosis is strictly correlated to estrogens and it is evident that expression and functionality of differ…

letter 2020
Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research ·doi:10.1080/08941939.2020.1725191

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecologic disease characterized by the presence and growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, with an estimated prevalence of 10% in re...

review 2020
Minerva medica ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4806.19.06346-8

Endometriosis is a chronic benign gynecological disease with symptoms that can severely impact quality of life and well-being. Women affected by endometriotic ovarian cyst could have associated infertility problems. Infertility affects 30% …

article 2020
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.07.022
review 2019
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-019-05358-8
article 2019
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2019.1683821

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease defined by the presence and growth of functional endometrial-like tissue, glands and stroma, outside the uterine cavity. Macrophages are broadly classified into pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages,…

review 2019
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics9040225

OBJECTIVES: A meta-analysis, with a head-to-head approach, was carried out to compare the three most common techniques for a deep pelvic endometriosis (DPE) diagnosis. We focused on: transvaginal-sonography (TVS), magnetic-resonance imaging…

article 2019
·doi:10.1177/2284026519841520

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic disease defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue, glands and stroma in ectopic areas. Among all the pathogenic theories proposed to explain the origin of the disease, a pivotal role f…

editorial 2019
International journal of fertility & sterility ·doi:10.22074/ijfs.2019.5736

In conclusion, a high number of new investigational drugs targeting specific biological mechanisms have recently been proposed for treatment of endometriosis. Although the use of new hormonal treatments, such as GnRH-antagonists, is being d…

article 2019
·doi:10.12892/ejgo4629.2019
review 2019
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms20225615

The etiopathogenesis of endometriosis is a multifactorial process resulting in a heterogeneous disease. Considering that endometriosis etiology and pathogenesis are still far from being fully elucidated, the current review aims to offer a c…

article 2018
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-018-4851-0
article 2018
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.10.057
other 2018
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719116687661
letter 2018
Annals of translational medicine ·doi:10.21037/atm.2018.08.24

Endometriosis is a chronic estrogen-dependent disease affecting 5–10% of women in reproductive age (1). Although it can be asymptomatic in a minority of the cases, the main symptoms and signs include chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, pain …

review 2017
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/IJWH.S119729

Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases and affects ~10% of women in reproductive age. The most common clinical signs of endometriosis are menstrual irregularities, chronic pelvic pain (CPP), dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia…

article 2017

Antonio Simone Laganà,1 Valentina Lucia La Rosa,2 Agnese Maria Chiara Rapisarda,3 Gaetano Valenti,3 Fabrizio Sapia,3 Benito Chiofalo,1 Diego Rossetti,4 Helena Ban Frangež,5 Eda Vrtačnik Bokal,5 Salvatore Giovanni Vitale1 1Unit …