Fabio Barra
ORCID: 0000-0003-4117-6603
· 141 papers in corpus
other
2019
Purpose: Women with endometriosis represent a significant proportion of all outpatient gynecological consultations. Endometriosis is a benign chronic condition characterized by the spreading of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. A …
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review
2019
Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by the growth of endometrial-like glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. Nowadays, the exact etiology of endometriosis is unclear and the interaction between a variety of environmental…
review
2019
First-line medical therapies for treating pain associated with endometriosis mainly consist in combined oral contraceptives and progestins. However, some women, having persistence of symptoms, may require further therapeutic options. Among …
other
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KEYWORDS: Endometriosisestrogen biosynthesisAKR1C3steroid sulphatase17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1aromatase inhibitors
meta-analysis
2019
OBJECTIVE: A systematic review was carried out of studies of women with endometriosis, to examine the evidence for efficacy of the use of hormonal contraception to improve disease-related pain and decrease postoperative risk of disease recu…
observational
2019
Background and objective: Previous studies did not draw a definitive conclusion about the influence of the role of deep endometriosis (DE) and ovarian endometrioma (OE) as risk factor for developing adverse perinatal outcomes in patients af…
2019
review
2019
In conclusion, a high number of new investigational drugs targeting specific biological mechanisms have recently been proposed for treatment of endometriosis. Although the use of new hormonal treatments, such as GnRH-antagonists, is being d…
observational
2019
The primary objective of this study was to assess the changes in the ultrasonographic characteristic of endometriosis in patients undergoing long-term follow-up. The secondary outcome of the study was to assess the long-term impact of hormo…
nonrandomized-trial
2019
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the changes in the volume of rectosigmoid endometriotic nodules during treatment with dienogest (DNG). The secondary aim of the study was to assess the changes in pain and intestinal sympt…
diagnostic-accuracy
2019
To investigate the performance of transvaginal hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography (HyCoSy) in assessing tubal patency in women with endometriosis. This study was based on the retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of …
observational
2019
Circulating placental growth factor (PlGF) levels are increased in women with endometriosis when compared with controls, conversely decreased levels of PlFG have been reported in pregnant women developing pre-eclampsia. For this reason, end…
diagnostic-accuracy
2019
This study aims to compare the performance of bidimensional rectal-water contrast-transvaginal ultrasonography (2D-RWC-TVS) with 3D-RWC-TVS for investigating the presence and characteristics of rectosigmoid endometriosis. This prospective s…
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2019
Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of hormone-responsive endometriotic glands and stroma outside the uterus that affect at least 4% of reproductive age women (1). It may be asymptomatic, but it frequently cause…
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Adenomyosis is a gynecologic disorder characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue within the uterine myometrium. It can involve most of the myometrium (diffuse adenomyosis), it may be present only in a circumscribed part of …
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2019
This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of the etonogestrel (ENG)-releasing implant in treating patients with rectovaginal endometriosis. The study was based on the retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database, includin…
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2019
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Publication in the conference proceedings of EUSIPCO, Bucharest, Romania, 2012