Study types
- article 35
- book-chapter 5
- review 4
- letter 1
- other 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 26
- mesh:D004715 17
- endometrioma 11
- die_deep_infiltrating 8
- bladder_endometriosis 4
- mesh:D017699 3
- adenomyosis 3
- dyspareunia 2
- infertility 1
- chronic_pelvic_pain 1
Top journals
- Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 5
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2
- Fertility and sterility 2
- Expert opinion on investigational drugs 1
- Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology 1
Frequent coauthors
book-chapter
2020
article
2019
Endometriosis is a frequent gynecological disorder that affects 3% to 15% of the general premenopausal female population. Recently, some studies have suggested that women suffering from endometriosis, especially if ovarian endometriosis (en…
review
2019
Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common gynaecological benign disease. Even though often asymptomatic, UFs can worsen women's health and their quality of life, causing heavy bleeding and anaemia, pelvic discomfort and reduced fertility. …
book-chapter
2019
Endometriosis is a chronic multifactorial disease. It is caused by the spread of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. The transvaginal ultrasound is considered the first-line, noninvasive diagnostic method for the accur…
book-chapter
2019
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a pathology of a woman's reproductive organs that originates from an infectious process spread through the cervix to the uterus, fallopian tubes up to the ovaries, and pelvic peritoneum. PID is the main …
article
2019
This observational study was conducted in premenopausal women who presented themselves at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the University Hospital of Cagliari (Italy), for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) dependent on uterine myoma…
article
2019
Abstract Background Complications after laparoscopic gynecological surgery may increase patients’ morbidity and mortality; therefore, their timely diagnosis and early treatment would help clinicians to avoid life-threatening situations. We …
article
2019
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of ultrasound (US) soft markers as a first-line imaging tool to raise suspicion of rectosigmoid (RS) involvement in women suspected of having deep endometriosis. METHODS: We included…
book-chapter
2018
review
2018
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent benign chronic disease that requires a chronic medical therapy. Although currently available drugs are efficacious in treating endometriosis-related pain, some women experience partial or n…
article
2018
OBJECTIVE: To assess the learning curves of trainees during a structured offline/hands-on training program for the ultrasonographic diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Four trainees (all Ob/Gyn postgraduates with at…
article
2018
Due to the high sensitivity and specificity reported, the detection rate of rectosigmoid (RS) endometriosis by an ultrasonographic (US) evaluation of an expert have to be considered a gold standard comparable to laparoscopy. No information …
book-chapter
2018
article
2017
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) transvaginal ultrasonography (US) in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for identification of deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHOD…
article
2017
To compare the ovarian response to the gonadotropins in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis based on ultrasonography (US) with or without previous ovarian surgery for endometrioma. We also compared these responses in unexplained, …
review
2017
OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review of studies comparing the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) including only studies in which patients u…
review
2015
OBJECTIVE: To review the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in the preoperative detection of endometriosis in the uterosacral ligaments (USL), rectovaginal septum (RVS), vagina and bladder in patients with clinical suspici…
other
2015
Deep endometriosis involvement of the bladder is uncommon but it is symptomatic in most of the cases. Although laparoscopic excision is very effective, some patients with no pregnancy desire require a medical approach. We performed a pilot …
article
2015
1To whom correspondence should be addressed We studied the role of colour Doppler energy (CDE) (or power Doppler) imaging in the differentiation between endometriomas and other adnexal masses in premeno-pausal non-pregnant women. A total of…
article
2015
To compare two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS), three dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS) and magnetic resonance (MR) in the detection of deep endometriosis. The study included 147 patients scheduled for surgery from January 2009 to Decem…
article
2015
Deep pelvic endometriosis is defined as subperitoneal infiltration of endometrial implants in the uterosacral ligaments, rectum, rectovaginal septum, vagina, or bladder. Although laparoscopy and biopsy remain the gold standard for diagnosis…
article
2012
OBJECTIVES: To investigate differences in tissue characterization using three-dimensional sonographic mean gray value (MGV) between retrocervical and rectosigmoid deeply infiltrating endometriosis, and to assess intra- and interobserver con…
article
2011
article
2011
To evaluate 1. the prevalence of ultrasonographic diagnosis of deep endometriosis in patients with clinical suspicion and 2. to assess mean gray value (MGV) of nodules of deep endometriosis in different location also evaluating the reproduc…
article
2010
Two premenopausal women presented with endometrioma and slightly elevated CA 125 plasma levels (42.5 and 39.0 U/ml). After initial evaluation, both patients had an episode of sudden onset of pelvic pain with rapid resolution after a few hou…