Lucia Lazzeri

To study outcomes and complications during pregnancy and delivery in women with a posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) nodule persisting after surgery and diagnosed at transvaginal sonography (TVS). Multicentre prospective study …

To purpose a score system based on TVS features to grade the severity of the adenomyosis thus in order to improve the management of symptomatic patients. Ultrasound criteria for focal and diffuse adenomyosis and for adenomoyma were defined …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible correlation between maternal characteristics, in utero and early neonatal life exposures, and the development of endometriosis in adult life. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: University hospital.…

STUDY QUESTION: Is the combined excisional/ablative technique for the treatment of ovarian endometriomas better than the traditional stripping technique in terms of recurrence rate? SUMMARY ANSWER: There is no evidence that the combined ex…

paracetamol (14% to 18%) and newer coxib compounds (4% to 6%), with the use of opioids limited to a minority of cases (range 0 to 8% of cases). When asked about side effects, specialists seemed to be well aware of their incidence. The poten…

many surgeons are considering any opportunity for medical treatment as a possible alternative and effective solution (8). Why? In our opinion and looking at the literature, there are different points to be addressed to better understand if …

Background/aims New pharmacologic agents facilitated and improved the overall management of endometriosis also in case of pregnancy desire. The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a food integrator on painful symptoms in endo…

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to investigate the levels of perceived stress in a group of women with a long-term history of endometriosis in conjunction with surgical and/or medical treatments. METHODS: A clinical trial was conducte…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether healthy endometrium, eutopic endometrium, and endometriotic lesions express nerve growth factor (NGF), microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2), and synaptophysin (SYP). DESIGN: Molecular study in tissue extrac…

A panel of experts in the field of endometriosis expressed their opinions on management options in a 35-year-old patient desiring pregnancy with a history of previous surgery for endometrioma and bowel obstruction symptoms. Many questions t…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of laparoscopic excision of lesions on deep endometriosis-related infertility. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Endometriosis tertiary referral center (Canadian Task Force II-2). PATIENTS: A g…

Endometriosis is a model of a benign gynecologic disease associated with two major symptoms: pain and infertility. When becomes chronic, severe psychological and neuroendocrine changes may occur. The high levels of perceived stress caused b…

Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common gynecological disease and represents one of the most frequent reasons for hospital admission to a specialist unit, often requiring further surgical treatment. Following the so-called PALM-COEIN system w…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether there are sonographic features of diffuse adenomyosis in 18-30-year-old nulligravid women without endometriosis and to examine their association with symptoms of dysmenorrhea and abnormal uterine bleeding.…

OBJECTIVES: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) represents the most complex form of endometriosis and its treatment is still challenging. The coexistence of DIE with other appearances of endometriosis stimulates new studies to improve the…