Alessandro Arena

ORCID: 0000-0003-0448-3540 · 58 papers in corpus
observational 2018
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.08.031

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare long-term surgical, clinical, and functional outcomes between conservative and radical surgery in patients with rectosigmoid endometriosis (RSE) and preoperative intermediate risk of segmental resection. DESIGN:…

other 2018
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/ajo.12882

BACKGROUND: Retrodisplacement of the uterus (retroflexion and/or retroversion) may be associated with pelvic pain symptoms and posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Previous studies in symptomatic women with retrodisplacement of …

2017
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.08.076
observational 2017
·doi:10.1002/uog.17991

Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) seems to be associated with pelvic floor muscle (PFM) hypertonic disorder, while no data are reported for women with ovarian endometriosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the PFM morphometry of wo…

observational 2017
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.18924

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies comparing women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and healthy controls have underlined an association between pelvic floor muscle (PFM) hypertonic dysfunction and deep lesions. The aim of this study was…

observational 2017
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·doi:10.1080/01443615.2017.1349083

Ureteral endometriosis (UE) can be classified as severe when there is obstruction to urinary flow (ureteral compression (UC)). In this retrospective study on 205 patients, we evaluated intraoperatively the frequency of severe ureteral endom…

nonrandomized-trial 2017
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2017.1405932

Ovarian endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder. To date, progestins are recommended as the first-line medical treatment for symptomatic ovarian endometriosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the main histopathological effect…

other 2015
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.02.006