The endometrium is a challenging site for metagenomic analysis due to difficulties in obtaining uncontaminated samples and the limited abundance of the bacterial population. Indeed, solid correlations between endometrial physio-pathologic c…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance-colonography (CE-MR-C) for the presurgical assessment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Ninety women were enro…
ObjectiveTo investigate the contribution of contrast-enhanced MR-colonography (CE-MR-C) for the diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis.MethodsOne hundred and four women with suspected endometriosis were prospectively enrolled. All patients w…
Ovarian tissue inadvertently excised along with endometriomas was associated with the presence of pericystic fibrosis and serum levels of CA-125, representing the only clinical parameter for predicting follicle loss before surgery. A consec…
Study objectiveTo preoperatively predict follicular loss after laparoscopic cystectomy of ovarian endometriomas.DesignCase-control study. (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).SettingUniversity hospital.PatientsSeventy-six women with ov…
Congenital cervico-vaginal atresia is a rare malformation; the presence of a functioning endometrium combined with this anomaly causes a retrograde menstruation and then a greater likelihood of endometriosis. Up to the present literature re…