A Youssef

Background and Objectives: Endometriosis is a chronic and recurrent disease defined as the presence and proliferation of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. It affects up to 6–10% of women of reproductive age and can b…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between sonographic findings at transperineal ultrasound (TPU) and chronic constipation (CC) in women with endometriosis. METHODS: An observational prospective cohort study was performed by enrolling all…

OBJECTIVES: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is associated with chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia and pelvic floor muscle hypertonia. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pelvic floor physiotherapy (PFP) on the ar…

Decidualization of endometriotic ovarian cysts was first described at the beginning of the 20th century. This phenomenon occurs in response to the altered hormonal environment during pregnancy. Specifically, progesterone induces hypertrophy…

We thank Dr Hirsch and his colleagues for their interest in our study1 and their constructive comments. We agree that the development of core outcome sets is a priority in endometriosis research. In our paper, we reported data about the imp…

A 38-year-old primigravida with a history of hysteroscopic resection for uterine septum had a massive postpartum hemorrhage following spontaneous vaginal delivery and difficult manual removal of the placenta. The hemorrhage stopped followin…

A prospective study with the aim to evaluate the effects of pelvic floor physiotherapy was conducted among women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and associated dyspareunia. At initial evaluation superficial and deep dyspareunia w…

To assess the effect of pelvic floor physiotherapy on levator hiatal area (LHA) and dyspareunia in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). We recruited a series of nulliparous women with a sonographic diagnosis of DIE and associat…

Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) seems to be associated with pelvic floor muscle (PFM) hypertonic disorder, while no data are reported for women with ovarian endometriosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the PFM morphometry of wo…

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies comparing women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and healthy controls have underlined an association between pelvic floor muscle (PFM) hypertonic dysfunction and deep lesions. The aim of this study was…

Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction seems to play an important role in pathophysiology of pain symptoms and pelvic organs' alterations in women with pelvic syndromes, including deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE).The aim of the present study …

OBJECTIVE: Pelvic floor muscle (PFM) dysfunction seems to play an important role in the pathophysiology of pelvic pain, including that associated with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). The aim of this study was to evaluate the static a…

we describe sonographic findings suggestive of severe post-caesarean endometritis, a potentially life-threatening complication. vaginal sonography was performed in five patients with severe post-caesarean endometritis (study group) and in 3…