Giada Frontino
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· 26 papers in corpus
· active 2002-2011
Study types
- article 11
- review 7
- other 5
- letter 2
- case-report 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 23
- dysmenorrhea 3
- chronic_pelvic_pain 3
- bladder_endometriosis 2
- endometrioma 2
- bowel_endometriosis 1
- adenomyosis 1
- infertility 1
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2011
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2010
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical manifestations of endometriosis in adolescents. DESIGN: prospective clinical study. SETTING: University and General hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 38 females aged < or = 21 years who had a fi…
other
2010
BACKGROUND: Umbilical endometriosis represents the most common site of cutaneous endometriosis. Although its treatment is typically surgical, in literature the approach used is variable and extends from diathermocoagulation to omphalectomy.…
review
2009
article
2009
case-report
2009
We report 2 case of an atypical variant of unicornuate uterus in 2 adolescent patients with severe dysmenorrhea. Pelvic ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging identified a normal uterine contour. On the right side within the uterine…
article
2008
review
2008
Endometriosis is a common and enigmatic disease causing pelvic pain and infertility. Current treatment is mainly based on the use of surgery and ovarian suppressive agents. There is in particular the need for new therapeutic options able to…
other
2007
BACKGROUND: The main objective was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new questionnaire for the presurgical diagnosis of bladder endometriosis in patients with a high suspicion index for this disease. METHODS: We included all patient…
review
2007
article
2007
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of inguinal endometriosis can be complex, and patients are often first operated by a general surgeon for a hernia. We present five cases of inguinal endometriosis in which primary surgery resulted in recurrence and…
article
2006
Current approved medical therapies for endometriosis rely on drugs that suppress ovarian steroids and induce a hypoestrogenic state, which determines the atrophy of the ectopic endometrium. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs such as dan…
article
2005
article
2004
Vercellini, Paolo; Frontino, Giada; De Giorgi, Olga; Aimi, Giorgio; Zaina, Barbara; Crosignani, Pier Giorgio
review
2004
"Deep endometriosis" includes rectovaginal lesions as well as infiltrative forms that involve vital structures such as bowel, ureters, and bladder. The available evidence suggests the same pathogenesis for deep infiltrating vesical and rect…
other
2003
A systematic review was undertaken to determine whether coagulation or laser vaporization of endometriomas is associated with an increase in the risk of cyst recurrence compared with excision of the pseudocapsule. In the four comparative tr…
article
2003
article
2003
review
2003
review
2003
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if a lateral asymmetry exists in the distribution of endometriotic lesions of the sciatic nerve. DATA SOURCES: All articles on sciatic nerve endometriosis identified by MEDLINE and EMBASE database searches were ret…
article
2003
In Brief OBJECTIVE To investigate if a lateral asymmetry exists in the distribution of endometriotic lesions of the sciatic nerve. DATA SOURCES All articles on sciatic nerve endometriosis identified by MEDLINE and EMBASE database searches w…
review
2003
We performed a MEDLINE and EMBASE search to identify all studies published in the last decade in the English language literature on the use of progestogens for the treatment of endometriosis. Our aim was to clarify the biological rationale …
letter
2003
article
2003
letter
2002