Francesco Legge

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2004-2024

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
  • thoracic_endometriosis 1
other 2024
BRCA Mutation Patients: Are There Other Predisposing Factors for Ovarian Cancer Occurrence? A Multicenter Retrospective Study
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000535012

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this multicenter retrospective study aimed to evaluate the association of clinical variables and the incidence of ovarian cancer in patients with BRCA 1-2 mutation carriers who underwent risk-reducing salpingo-o…

2022
A prospective multicentric study of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA mutation patients.
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis ·doi:10.23750/abm.v93i4.11695

Background and aim of the workBRCA1/2 are tumour-suppressor genes involved in DNA homologous recombination and ovarian cancer development.  The study evaluated the risk of tumor cancer in women presenting the BRCA mutations.MethodsRisk-redu…

2022
Risk Assessment Model for Complications in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy: A Pilot Study.
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph20010234

Objective: To estimate the rate of intra-operative and postoperative complications, and to define the risk of 30-day major postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo > 2) according to the presence of one of 10 different variables of minimal…

article 2022
Whose surgery is this? Endometriosis of the round ligament.
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis ·doi:10.23750/abm.v92is1.11738

We report two cases of endometriosis of the round ligament in a 37 and 26 - years old women, with a lump in their right groin and catamenial pain referred to plastic surgery department. MRI showed in both cases nodular lesion in the right i…

article 2016
Laparoscopic En Bloc Right Diaphragmatic Peritonectomy for Diaphragmatic Endometriosis According to the Sugarbaker Technique
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.09.020

Study objectiveTo evaluate the feasibility of a novel laparoscopic procedure for complete eradication of diaphragmatic endometriosis (DE).DesignA retrospective multicenter study (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2).SettingUniversity te…

article 2005
Increased cyclooxygenase-2 expression is associated with better clinical outcome in patients submitted to complete ablation for severe endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dei160

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between COX-2 expression and the clinical outcome rate in a homogeneous s…

article 2004
Analysis of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in different sites of endometriosis and correlation with clinico-pathological parameters
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deh054

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated the overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of COX-2 in different anatomical sites of endometriosis and its associatio…