Pier Giorgio Crosignani

No ORCID on file · 72 papers in corpus · active 1979-2016

Study types

  • article 49
  • review 17
  • letter 3
  • other 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 63
  • dysmenorrhea 11
  • adenomyosis 7
  • infertility 5
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 5
  • bowel_endometriosis 5
  • endometrioma 4
  • dyspareunia 4
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
  • thoracic_endometriosis 1
other 2003
Coagulation or excision of ovarian endometriomas?
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1067/mob.2003.7

A systematic review was undertaken to determine whether coagulation or laser vaporization of endometriomas is associated with an increase in the risk of cyst recurrence compared with excision of the pseudocapsule. In the four comparative tr…

article 2003
Comparison of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device versus expectant management after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis: a pilot study
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00608-3
article 2003
Continuous use of an oral contraceptive for endometriosis-associated recurrent dysmenorrhea that does not respond to a cyclic pill regimen
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00794-5
review 2003
Endometriosis
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America ·doi:10.1016/s0889-8545(02)00059-1
review 2003
Evidence for asymmetric distribution of sciatic nerve endometriosis
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00532-5

OBJECTIVE: To investigate if a lateral asymmetry exists in the distribution of endometriotic lesions of the sciatic nerve. DATA SOURCES: All articles on sciatic nerve endometriosis identified by MEDLINE and EMBASE database searches were ret…

article 2003
Evidence for Asymmetric Distribution of Sciatic Nerve Endometriosis
·doi:10.1097/00006250-200308000-00029

In Brief OBJECTIVE To investigate if a lateral asymmetry exists in the distribution of endometriotic lesions of the sciatic nerve. DATA SOURCES All articles on sciatic nerve endometriosis identified by MEDLINE and EMBASE database searches w…

article 2003
Laparoscopic uterosacral ligament resection for dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis: results of a randomized, controlled trial
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00613-7
review 2003
Progestogens for endometriosis: forward to the past
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmg030

We performed a MEDLINE and EMBASE search to identify all studies published in the last decade in the English language literature on the use of progestogens for the treatment of endometriosis. Our aim was to clarify the biological rationale …

letter 2003
Reply
·doi:10.1067/mob.2003.419
article 2003
Tratamiento médico preoperatorio y posoperaratorio de la endometriosis
article 2002
Cyproterone acetate versus a continuous monophasic oral contraceptive in the treatment of recurrent pelvic pain after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02951-x
article 2002
Important effects of cyproterone acetate on endometriosis? [3] (multiple letters)
letter 2002
Lateral distribution of recurrent ovarian endometriotic cysts
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03239-3
article 2002
Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (Lng-IUD) versus expectant management after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis. A pilot study
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03089-8
article 2002
Reply of the authors
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03356-3
article 2002
The pathogenesis of bladder detrusor endometriosis
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1067/mob.2002.124286
article 2001
Case-Control Study on Risk Factors for Premature Ovarian Failure
·doi:10.1159/000052889

Objective of this case-control study was to investigate the potential risk factors for premature ovarian failure (POF). Seventy-three patients with secondary hypergonadotropic amenorrhea and, as control group, 144 women with acute, non-gyne…

article 2000
Deep endometriosis conundrum: evidence in favor of a peritoneal origin
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00420-9
review 2000
Is ureteral endometriosis an asymmetric disease?
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13279.x

Six cases of endometriosis obstructing the left ureter were observed among 1,054 consecutive patients undergoing surgery in an eight-year period. In addition, 125 women with ureteral endometriosis (left-sided, n = 66; right-sided, n = 40; b…

article 2000
Site of origin of epithelial ovarian cancer: the endometriosis connection
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11116.x

To investigate the left- and right-sided distribution of ovarian malignant surface epithelial tumours, data were collected on 209 women undergoing first-line surgery for Stage I and II disease. Considering the unilateral cancers, the observ…

review 2000
Surgical management of endometriosis
Bailliere's best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1053/beog.1999.0088
review 1998
Efficacy of preoperative medical treatment in facilitating hysteroscopic endometrial resection, myomectomy and metroplasty: literature review
·doi:10.1093/humrep/13.9.2592

The evidence of the efficacy of preoperative medical treatment with danazol, gonadotrophin releasing-hormone agonists (GnRHa) or progestins in facilitating surgery and improving the long-term results of myomectomy, hysteroscopic metroplasty…

review 1998
Oral Contraceptive Use and Benign Gynecologic Conditions
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/s0010-7824(97)00201-1
letter 1998
Previous abortions and risk of pelvic endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019676
article 1998
Transvaginal ultrasonography versus uterine needle biopsy in the diagnosis of diffuse adenomyosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/13.10.2884

To assess the reliability of transvaginal ultrasonography and uterine needle biopsy, used singly or in combination, in the diagnosis of diffuse adenomyosis, a prospective study with pathological confirmation of the diagnosis was performed. …