Ricciarda Raffaelli
ORCID: 0000-0001-6162-4114
· 23 papers in corpus
review
2021
INTRODUCTION: Pharmacotherapy has a key role in the management of endometriosis. However, a significant proportion of patients gains only intermittent or limited benefits. In this regard, alternative and novel drug delivery methods are of p…
review
2020
Interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic pelvic pain syndrome related to the urinary bladder. The ideal treatment should match as much as possible with the pathophysiologic causes of the IC/BPS, but the scarcely …
meta-analysis
2020
INTRODUCTION: Pharmacotherapy has a key role in endometriosis treatment and management, however, a significant proportion of patients have only intermittent or limited benefits with current treatment options. Therefore, novel therapeutic ap…
other
2020
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecologic disease characterized by the presence and growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, with an estimated prevalence of 10% in re...
other
2018
OBJECTIVE(S): To investigate Mesenteric vascular and nerve Sparing Surgery (MSS) as surgical laparoscopic technique to perform segmental intestinal resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study…
2015
The aim of our study was to verify the reliability of transvaginal ultrasonography in the pre-operative evalu-ation of bladder endometriosis. Six patients with suspected bladder endometriosis were studied. At referral to our department all …
diagnostic-accuracy
2010
To evaluate the accuracy of Transrectal Sonography (TRS) and a new technique, Transvaginal Sonography with Water-Contrast in the Rectum (RWC-TVS), in the diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis, and the accuracy of Barium Enema (BE) and RWC…
diagnostic-accuracy
2006
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the diagnosis and local staging of endometriosis by comparing results with laparoscopic findings. MATERIALS AND M…
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: To compare the laparoscopic excision of primary versus recurrent ovarian endometriomas. DESIGN: Descriptive study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center for the treatment of endometriosis. PATIENT(S): Between 1993 and 2002, 359 co…
case-report
2004
OBJECTIVE: To present a rare case of endometrial stromal sarcoma arising in endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic tertiary referral center for endometriosis treatment. PATIENT(S): A 50-year-old …
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to observe the natural history of untreated asymptomatic rectovaginal endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective, observational study. Eighty-eight patients with untreated asymptomatic rect…
2003
nonrandomized-trial
2001
Use of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in the treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a levonorgestrel-releasing IUD as therapy for endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum. DESIGN: Prospective therapeutic non-randomized, self-controlled clinical trial analyzing changes in pain sy…
other
2000
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-month course of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment for patients with symptomatic endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum. STUDY DESIGN: Fifteen patien…
rct
1999
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of HRT with transdermal estradiol and that of treatment with tibolone in post-menopausal women with residual endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 21 women with residual pelvic endometriosis after bil…
case-report
1999
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and diagnostic value of GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) therapy in cases of hidden sciatic nerve endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic tertiary referral center for endometriosis treatment. PATIENT(…
case-report
1998
OBJECTIVE: To describe the anatomopathologic characteristics of endometriosis infiltrating the bladder detrusor. DESIGN: Descriptive anatomopathologic study. SETTING: Tertiary care center for endometriosis. PATIENT(S): Four patients, age…
other
1998
The objective of this study was to clarify which is the better surgical conservative treatment for recurrent endometriosis. We compared two consecutive surgical series at a tertiary care centre for the cure of endometriosis. The patients we…
1997
other
1997
The aim of our study was to verify the reliability of transvaginal ultrasonography in the pre-operative evaluation of bladder endometriosis. Six patients with suspected bladder endometriosis were studied. At referral to our department all s…
nonrandomized-trial
1997
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of treatment with a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) in women affected by adenomyosis-associated menorrhagia. SETTING: Tertiary care center. DESIGN: Prospective, open,…
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