P Caruana

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 1993-2017

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • endometrioma 4
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2017
Ovarian Endometrioma and Infertility
·doi:10.20431/2456-0561.0201005

The core definition of endometriosis is when endometrial glands and stoma are identified outside the uterine cavity. It is estimated to affect 2-10% of women in their reproductive age, and 50% of patients complain of infertility. Ovarian en…

article 2000
Postoperative administration of monophasic combined oral contraceptives after laparoscopic treatment of ovarian endometriomas: A prospective, randomized trial
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1067/mob.2000.106817
article 1999
Recurrence of ovarian endometrioma after laparoscopic excision
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(99)70247-4
article 1996
Endometriosis-associated dysmenorrhea is not related to typical or atypical peritoneal implants
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(96)80245-3
other 1996
Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy as an alternative to abdominal hysterectomy. A pilot study
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000291974

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) allows for conversion of some abdominal hysterectomies to a vaginal route. LAVH may be particularly useful when adnexectomy is indicated. In this study the authors evaluate the results o…

article 1996
Laparoscopy versus microsurgery by laparotomy for excision of ovarian cysts in patients with moderate or severe endometriosis
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(96)80011-9
other 1996
The impact of preoperative gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment on laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriotic cysts
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58346-0

OBJECTIVE: To compare surgical performance and recurrence rates in patients submitted to laparoscopy for endometrioma excision following GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) treatment versus no preoperative medical treatment. DESIGN: Controlled clinical …

article 1995
Laparoscopic findings after transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration of ovarian endometriomas
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135815

From 1 July 1990 to 31 January 1994, 55 patients underwent operative laparoscopy for the excision of monolateral endometriomas. None of the patients had previously undergone surgery by laparotomy or laparoscopy. At the time of laparoscopy, …

article 1993
Evaluation of the correlation between endometriosis extent, age of the patients and associated symptomatology.
Acta Europaea fertilitatis

Two-hundred-and-six patients newly diagnosed to have endometriosis at laparoscopy were evaluated in order to see if endometriosis-associated symptoms are proportional to the extent of the disease, as assessed using the Revised American Fert…