Emilio Piccione
ORCID: 0000-0002-7647-0688
· 44 papers in corpus
observational
2017
To evaluate the presence or absence of residual posterior disease and adhesions by 2D and 3D transvaginal sonography in patients who underwent segmental bowel resection for Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Furthermore the presence or …
review
2017
The main challenges of imaging for endometriosis are the detection of nonovarian disease and the evaluation of the extension of the disease into pelvic structures. Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) has been proposed as the first-line imagi…
case-report
2016
Copyright © 2014 Elvira Paladino et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is pr…
observational
2016
Objective Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) is a macromolecular glycoprotein. The peritoneal fluid of women affected by endometriosis shows a significant increase of PAPP-A levels. Given the important role of PAPP-A in first tr…
diagnostic-accuracy
2011
OBJECTIVES: To prospectively investigate diagnostic value and tolerability of MRI after intra-vaginal gel opacification for diagnosis and preoperative assessment of deeply infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: Sixty-three women with clinica…
meta-analysis
2010
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) can be identified as a chronic nociceptive, inflammatory and neuropathic pain characterised by spontaneous pain and an exaggerated response to painful and/or innocuous stimuli. This pain condition is extremely debi…
2009
rct
2009
OBJECTIVE(S): To assess the recurrence rate of endometrioma after laparoscopic cystectomy plus hormonal suppression treatment or plus dietary therapy compared to post-operative placebo. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized comparative trial was cond…
2009
case-report
2008
Recent studies suggest that acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1) could be involved in T-cell antigen receptor signaling and in immune disorders. The present study shows that the ACP1( *)C allele, which is associated with elevated enzymatic activ…
rct
2008
OBJECTIVES: To compare the surgical and immediate postoperative outcomes for vaginal hysterectomy (VH) with those for laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) in patients with enlarged myomatous uterus. METHODS: Eighty women r…
observational
2007
OBJECTIVE: To study the association of endometriosis with p53 codon 72 polymorphism in the population of central Italy and to search for possible interaction with the PTPN22 polymorphism. DESIGN: Study of p53 and PTPN22 polymorphisms in wo…
rct
2007
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness for the outcomes of endometriosis-related pain and quality of life of conservative surgery plus placebo compared with conservative surgery plus hormonal suppression treatment or dietary therapy. DES…
review
2007
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) plays a major role in early human development through a series of well recognized pregnancy-promoting actions that are exerted in the first trimester, including maternal recognition of pregnancy, enhanceme…
case-report
2004
2003
Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) was introduced in the evaluation of infertility to explore the pelvic structures in their natural positions. In our clinical experience, THL was performed in 93.3.% of cases with no complication. The over…
nonrandomized-trial
2002
OBJECTIVE: To verify the usefulness and reliability of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) as a screening tool for evaluating infertility in women in comparison with conventional diagnostic laparoscopy. STUDY DESIGN: Sixty consecutive wome…
1997
review
1988