Alessandro Antonelli

Background: An increased rate of recurrent miscarriage has been described in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. However, there is a lack of studies that assess the rate of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) in patients with Hashimoto's t…

Objective The technique for freeing the ureter in the endoscopic treatment of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Methods One hundred and forty-nine patients with complete obliteration of the cul-de-sac submitted to laparoscopic dissec…

Intrinsic ureteral endometriosis is a very rare condition. A 41 y. o. woman with right hydroureteronephrosis and other aspecific symptoms came to our attention. The CT scan showed an ureteral obstacle causing the hydroureteronephrosis. She …

Urinary endometriosis is a rare diagnosis which is becoming much more common at referral centres. The bladder and the pelvic ureter are the sites that can be affected, each posing to the urologist and gynecologist some specific diagnostic a…

OBJECTIVES: To present and discuss clinical and surgical management of urologic endometriosis. METHODS: Retrospective review of a database on surgical patients with endometriosis. RESULTS: Thirty-one patients (incidence, 2.6%; mean age, 3…

OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis (e.) involving the urinary tract must be regarded as a rare condition with specific surgical implications. Our experience on the treatment of 28 patients is presented. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-eight patients w…

Endometriosis is a biologically benign albeit aggressive pathology marked by high local recurrences. Ureteral involvement accounts for only a minority of cases (0.1-0.4%) with often non-specific symptoms at clinical presentation and difficu…

Endometriosis affects about 10-20% of premenopausal women but ureteral involvement is an infrequent event occurring only in 0.1-0.4% of cases. Clinical presentation and radiological aspects are non-specific so that preoperative diagnosis is…