Júlio César Rosa e Silva

Most endometriosis patients have fertility complaints and, in spite of the improvement of assisted reproduction procedures, outcomes remain unsatisfactory. This suggests that there are unknown ethiopathogenic influences that adversely affec…

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, which is commonly detected in gynecological practice but rarely reported as a coloproctological disorder. The objective of the present…

We compared the effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices (LNG-IUD) and a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) on uterine volume, uterine arteries pulsatility index (PI) and endometrial thickness before and after si…

Objetivo:Caracterizar o padrão de homeostase (proliferação celular e apoptose) de tecido endometrial eutópico e ectópico de coelhas submetidas à indução de lesões de endometriose por modelo experimental já conhecido, quatro e oito semanas a…

OBJETIVO: avaliar o nível de peroxidação lipídica e vitamina E no fluido folicular e soro de pacientes inférteis, com ou sem endometriose, submetidas à indução da ovulação para procedimentos de reprodução assistida. MÉTODOS: estudo prospect…

This study aims to determine whether the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system can influence American Society for Reproductive Medicine endometriosis staging scores, as assessed through second-look laparoscopies, and to compare the r…

We report here the first case of isolated uterine endometrial sarcoidosis presenting as an asymptomatic polypoid lesion. A 52-year-old patient, who had her last menstrual period 2 years before, was submitted to an office hysteroscopy becaus…

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: One of the diagnostic markers of endometriosis is CA-125, and elevated levels of this are caused by high concentrations in the ectopic endometrium. The objective of this study was to correlate CA-125 levels in serum a…

This study compared the long-term effects of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device with those of GnRH agonist administration on serum levels of CA-125 in patients with endometriosis. The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devi…

Apesar da grande heterogeneidade das manifestações clínicas relacionadas à endometriose, observa-se a sua elevada prevalência em mulheres inférteis e portadoras de dor pélvica crônica. O impacto sócio-econômico desta afecção enigmática é el…

OBJETIVOS: desenvolvimento de modelo experimental de endometriose em coelhas avaliando a evolução temporal da doença macro e microscopicamente. MÉTODOS: foram utilizadas 30 coelhas nas quais induziu-se lesão de endometriose por fixação de f…