Massimo Candiani
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· 172 papers in corpus
· active 1991-2026
Study types
- article 104
- review 31
- other 19
- letter 4
- meta-analysis 3
Condition tags
- endometriosis 144
- infertility 25
- endometrioma 25
- chronic_pelvic_pain 12
- dysmenorrhea 9
- adenomyosis 8
- dyspareunia 7
- bowel_endometriosis 5
- die_deep_infiltrating 5
- bladder_endometriosis 3
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- Paola Viganò 81
- Edgardo Somigliana 46
- Jessica Ottolina 44
- Stefano Maria Ferrari 38
- Michele Vignali 36
- Candiani M 35
- Vercellini P 33
- Luca Pagliardini 29
- Enrico Papaleo 28
- Ludovica Bartiromo 27
article
2020
Study objectiveTo assess the postoperative likelihood of conception in patients with endometriomas managed by either CO2 laser vaporization or cystectomy.DesignA retrospective study with prospective recording of data.SettingUniversity hospi…
2020
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from different parts of the male reproductive tract can be internalized by human spermatozoa affecting their maturation and regulating their functions. Here we demonstrate that EVs derived from the femal…
book-chapter
2020
review
2019
Endometriosis-related fibrosis represents a complex phenomenon with underlying mechanisms yet to be clarified. Fibrosis is consistently present in all disease forms and contributes to classic endometriosis-related symptoms of pain and infer…
review
2019
The incidence of endometriosis in middle-aged women is not minimal compared to that in the reproductive age group. The treatment of affected women after childbearing age to the natural transition toward menopause has received considerably p…
article
2019
Study objectiveTo assess postoperative recurrence rates in patients with endometriomas managed by either "one-step" CO2 fiber laser vaporization or cystectomy.DesignRetrospective study with prospective recording of data.SettingUniversity ho…
letter
2019
article
2019
article
2019
A network of endometriosis experts from 16 Italian academic departments and teaching hospitals distributed all over the country made a critical appraisal of the available evidence and definition of 10 suggestions regarding measures to be de…
article
2018
INTRODUCTION: Bowel endometriosis can cause debilitating symptoms. Surgical colorectal resection is often required for symptomatic relief. Aim of our study was to evaluate quality of life over a one-year follow-up period in patients submitt…
article
2018
STUDY QUESTION: Does CO2 laser vaporization offer better results in treating endometrioma in terms of ovarian reserve preservation compared to traditional cystectomy? SUMMARY ANSWER: Assessing both antral follicle count (AFC) and serum anti…
review
2018
Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease affecting 7-10% of women throughout their reproductive life. Few data are available regarding the age at menopause of women affected by this disease. Most of the available evidence, although scanty, …
article
2018
BACKGROUND: The advent of flexible CO2 laser fiber to gynecology arena might represent a turning point in the use of laser energy on a large-scale basis in gynecological surgery. However, there might be some concerns regarding the degree of…
article
2018
other
2017
CONTEXT: The bladder is the most common site affected in urinary tract endometriosis. There is controversy regarding the pathogenesis, clinical management (diagnosis and treatment), impact on fertility, and risk of malignant transformation …
review
2017
The study of follicular fluid (FF) content nearby endometriomas may assist in elucidating pathophysiology, possible biomarkers related to this disease and the effect of endometriomas on ovarian physiology. As the question "how endometrioma …
article
2017
Subtle alterations in coagulation and fibrinolysis have been recently reported in patients with endometriosis supporting a potential hypercoagulable status associated with the disease. This cross-sectional study aimed at evaluating some var…
article
2017
A 50-year-old woman on continuous oral estroprogestin therapy and with a history of endometriosis presented with gross hematuria and right reno-ureteral colic pain. Fifteen years before she had undergone total nephrectomy for loss of functi…
article
2017
Objective: To analyze the ovarian reserve via measurement of follicular density and AMH in endometriosis patients participating to a clinical program of cortical ovarian cryopreservation. Design: Retrospective analysis of serum AMH levels a…
meta-analysis
2017
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory condition that affects women in their reproductive period causing infertility and pelvic pain. The disease, especially at the ovarian site has been shown to have a detrimental impa…
review
2017
Over the past few years, a new topic in the field of endometriosis has emerged: the potential impact of the disease on pregnancy outcomes. This review aims to summarize in detail the available evidence on the relationship between endometrio…
other
2017
article
2017
Background In recent years, excisional surgery has been questioned as an ideal surgical approach for endometriomas because it is associated with potential removal of healthy ovarian tissue and loss of ovarian follicles with subsequent reduc…
article
2017
article
2017
Endometriosis is a risk factor for type I epithelial ovarian cancer but an issue to be clarified is the site of origin of endometriosis associated ovarian cancer. Here we proposed that the uterus may be the organ of origin of ovarian endome…