LITTA, PIETRO SALVATORE

Operative laparoscopy is the gold standard in the treatment of endometriotic ovarian cysts. Excisional surgery is the best technique to prevent recurrences and improve symptoms; it may result in ovarian reserve damage due to the removal of …

Purpose: To verify if different endometrial lesions determine the diagnostic symptom panel for a specific symptom. Methods: We recruited 537 women with endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic surgery. Data on patient characteristics, sever…

PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of laparoscopic hysterectomy versus the transabdominal approach with systemic pelvic lymphadenectomy in early stage endometrial cancer. METHODS: From Januar…

Background: The relationship between frequency and severity of pain symptoms and site, stage and morphological characteristics of endometriotic lesions was analysed in a multicentre cross-sectional observational study. Methods: A total of 4…

The recurrence of endometriosis varies from 6% to 10% and, among the non-gynaecological sites, the bowel is involved in 12%-37%. Various symptoms, such as dysmenorrhea, dyspareumia, chronic pelvic pain, diarrhoea, constipation, cyclic recta…

L'endometriosi e' una condizione frequente, presentandosi nel 20-30 % delle donne in eta' fertile, che sfugge talora alla diagnostica clinica dimostrandosi solo all'esame istologico dei pezzi operatori. Tra le sedi extra ginecologiche l'int…