Sanfilippo JS
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· 16 papers in corpus
· active 1986-2016
Study types
- article 7
- review 6
- other 2
- editorial 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 16
- chronic_pelvic_pain 7
- infertility 3
- dysmenorrhea 2
- irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
- interstitial_cystitis 1
- adenomyosis 1
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review
2016
The recognition and management of endometriosis in the adolescent patient is challenging. A strong clinical suspicion for endometriosis should be maintained in the adolescent who suffers from acyclic pelvic pain as well as absenteeism from …
editorial
2011
article
2010
Endometriosis continues to plague women of reproductive age. It is a chronic disease leading to a decreased quality of life, infertility, and increased societal costs. The gold standard for diagnosis remains visualization and or biopsy of l…
review
2009
Given new developments in the field of adolescent reproductive health, this review focuses on highlighting new guidelines and practice patterns in evaluation and management of adolescent gynecologic problems. First, understanding the proper…
article
2009
Minimally invasive techniques to treat children and adolescents requiring surgery have increasingly become standard of care. Similarly, gynecologists frequently use laparoscopy to treat pelvic pathology. We present the necessary equipment a…
article
2006
review
2003
Chronic pelvic pain is a frequent complaint in adolescent females. It is a complex disorder with multiple causes. The assessment must attempt to differentiate between gynaecological and non-gynaecological sources of pain. An understanding o…
other
2000
Background: Pelvic pain is a common complaint encountered in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Etiologies are similar to those found in adult women, but the incidence and presentations vary with age. The purpose of this study is to revie…
review
1999
Dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain are common complaints in the adolescent population. Although most cases are primary dysmenorrhea and easily treated with NSAIDs or OCPs, pathologic causes should be considered, especially in cases not responding…
review
1998
The realm of laparoscopic surgery has extended to include the neonate as well as the pediatric patient. The advent of new and smaller instrumentation has facilitated this goal. Previous procedures exclusively relegated to laparotomy can now…
review
1997
other
1995
OBJECTIVE: To determine if red-haired infertile women have an increased prevalence of endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective, nonblinded. SETTING: Large, metropolitan, private hospital, associated with a university. Subspeciality care provide…
article
1994
A patient seen for infertility developed severe endometriosis within 2 years of neosalpingostomy for bilateral fallopian tube obstruction. A retrospective review of infertility surgeries revealed none of 20 patients with obstructed tubes to…
article
1992
Substance P is a neuropeptide that has been identified in the ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, and vagina and in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in both an animal model and human ovaries. We sought to determine if substance P is present in pe…
article
1986
Endometriosis is frequently a chronic process, which may begin soon after menarche. The process may be enhanced by mechanical obstruction. Theories of retrograde menstruation and metaplasia still remain in vogue. Endometriosis is a cause of…
article
1986
Estrogen receptor (ER) and progestin receptor (PR) levels and their respective dissociation constants (Kd) were determined by titration assay and Scatchard analyses in 319 human uteri. Levels of receptors were neither age nor uterine weight…