Irene Velasco

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis disease affects up to 10 % of menstruating people worldwide and can lead to infertility. Environmental pollutants are risk factors influencing the probability of developing endometriosis. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to ex…

Toxic metals found in the environment have been linked to female infertility and gynecological illnesses. Reliable analytical methods, such as inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS), are necessary to determine the e…

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs), found as environmental contaminants, have been related to endometriosis disease. In this context, the peritoneal fluid (PF) matrix has been poorly studied despite its importance. PF is the environment in w…

BACKGROUND: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. METHODS: Prospective, randomized clinical tri…

AIM: To evaluate if the long-term results (on fertility, need of hysterectomy and persistence of endometriosis) after a minimally invasive intervention (transvaginal ultrasound-guided puncture-aspiration [TUGPA]) for endometriomas are signi…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis.Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Background: Effectiveness of Anastrozole and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Randomized clinical trial. Elegibility criteria: Endometriomas >3×4 cm, CA…

The success of mammalian fertilization depends largely on spermatozoa physiological events. However, the manner in which endometriosis influence morpho-functional spermatozoa biomarkers is poorly defined. Here, we studied in vitro the effec…

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International Journal of Women’s Health Is a bowel resection necessary for deep endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement?

AIMS: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis in epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) and the association among their histological subtypes and with endometrial carcinoma. METHODS: An observational cohort study performed in 192 patients op…

Endometriosis, a gynecologic pathology, is defined by the presence of a tissue similar to uterine endometrium, which is located in places other than physiologically appropriate. These endometrial heterotopic islets contain glands and stroma…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this paper is to report the long-term results of surgery without bowel resection in patients suffering from deep infiltrating endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement. METHODS: This retrospective …

Immunological changes and gene expression anomalies are involved in the etiopathophysiology of endometriosis, although how these alterations are connected is not well established. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship betw…

BACKGROUND: To analyze the therapeutic results of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) left in the cysts after transvaginal ultrasound (US)-guided drainage of endometriomas as an alternative to surgery. METHODS: Prospective and randomized clin…

ObjectiveTo study the relationship between aromatase expression in endometriotic tissues and clinical and laboratory findings.DesignProspective basic and clinical research.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Sixty-two women with endometrio…

La presente tesis doctoral, estructurada en capitulos, es una investigacion original que tiene como objetivo fundamental profundizar en la inmunologia de la endometriosis e intentar apuntar hacia nuevas acciones terapeuticas para hacer fren…

The aim of this double-blinded study was to determine changes in leukocyte populations in blood, peritoneal lavage fluid, eutopic and ectopic endometrium after treatment with recombinant rat interleukin-2 (IL-2) using an in vivo experimenta…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of interleukin-2 (IL-2) on an experimental model of endometriosis.Study designDouble blind and randomized experimental prospective placebo-controlled study. Experimental endometriosis was induced in 66 three-…

Cytochrome P-450 aromatase is responsible for catalysing the conversion of androstendione into estrone, so its expression in endometriotic tissue could contribute to the development of endometriosis. The aims of this study were, on the one …

ObjectiveTo determine the changes in cytokine levels from women with endometriomas who are treated with recombinant interleukin-2 after ultrasound-guided cyst aspiration, and to relate these changes to the clinical results observed in these…