Brunella Zizolfi

ORCID: 0000-0002-3409-7504 · 15 papers in corpus · active 2017-2025

Study types

  • article 10
  • other 2
  • review 2
  • case-report 1

Condition tags

  • adenomyosis 8
  • dysmenorrhea 6
  • dyspareunia 5
  • endometriosis 3
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • infertility 2
  • mesh:D004715 2
  • mesh:D004412 1
  • mesh:D017699 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
other 2025
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/FVVO.2025.13

BACKGROUND: Uterine malformations are congenital anomalies arising from abnormal Müllerian duct development during embryogenesis. These can be linked to vaginal cysts, resulting in complex malformations. One rare form is the unicornuate ute…

article 2025
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.02.003

To describe how hysteroscopic treatment of adenomyotic cystic lesions of the inner myometrium (IM), persisting after pharmacologic treatment, can improve reproductive outcomes in patients with multiple in vitro fertilization (IVF) failures.…

other 2024
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.01.009

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate uterine contractility in patients with adenomyosis compared with healthy controls using a quantitative two-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) speckle tracking method. DESIGN: A multicenter prospective observa…

review 2023
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2023.1140774

Endometriosis is a complex and heterogeneous disease affecting approximately 10% of reproductive age women. The hypothesis that alterations in the microbiota are involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis has been postulated. Possible ex…

article 2023
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm12052043

OBJECTIVE: To report for the first time an Italian epidemiological analysis of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in patients with endometriosis (EMS), through the study of the endometriosis population of our referral center; to anal…

article 2023
·doi:10.1093/humrep/dead093.321

Abstract Study question Description of uterine contractility characteristics in adenomyosis patients compared to healthy controls and according to degree of dysmenorrhoea measured by quantitative 2D transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS). Summary a…

article 2023
·doi:10.1002/uog.26378

Comparison of uterine contractility (UC) in adenomyosis patients (AP) with and without hormonal contraception (HC) compared to healthy controls with HC, measured by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS). This study is part of an ongoing multicentr…

article 2023
·doi:10.1093/humrep/dead093.700

Abstract Study question Comparison of uterine contractility (UC) in adenomyosis patients (AP) with and without hormonal contraception (HC) compared to controls with HC, measured by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS). Summary answer AP with HC s…

article 2023
·doi:10.1093/humrep/dead093.072

Abstract Study question Comparison of uterine contractility (UC) in adenomyosis patients (AP) with and without hormonal contraception (HC) compared to controls with HC, measured by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS). Summary answer AP with HC s…

case-report 2023
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.04.015

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the intraoperative use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging reconstruction for a complex case of multiple myomectomy assigned to robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. DESIGN: Stepwise demonstration of the technique wi…

article 2023
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2023.08.056

Comparison of uterine contractility (UC) in adenomyosis patients (AP) with and without hormonal contraception (HC) compared to healthy controls with HC, measured by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS). Ongoing multi-centre prospective observatio…

article 2022
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2022.04.008
article 2022
·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2022.08.104
article 2020
·doi:10.1177/2284026520967865

Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Rectovaginal infiltration is present in 5% to 25% of the patients diagnosed with endometriosis. Accurate diagnosis is imperative for adequate counseling. Hyster…

review 2017
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2017/2518396

Uterine adenomyosis is a common gynecologic disorder in women of reproductive age, characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. Dysmenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, a…