Study types
- article 82
- review 16
- other 10
- letter 4
- book-chapter 3
Condition tags
- endometriosis 93
- adenomyosis 43
- dysmenorrhea 29
- die_deep_infiltrating 27
- infertility 21
- dyspareunia 16
- chronic_pelvic_pain 13
- endometrioma 12
- bowel_endometriosis 5
- bladder_endometriosis 4
Top journals
- Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 15
- Fertility and sterility 10
- Journal of clinical medicine 4
- Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology 3
- Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 3
Frequent coauthors
OBJECTIVES: To diagnose endometriosis in young patients ≤25y with severe dysmenorrhea through specific ultrasonographic examination findings and to correlate the symptoms to its different forms: ovarian, deep infiltrating endometriosis, and…
The main diagnostic problems for endometriosis are firstly, the detection of the disease, especially in the absence of ovarian endometriotic cyst; and secondly, the evaluation of the extent of the disease in the pelvis. Transvaginal ultraso…
BACKGROUND: to compare several uterine biometric parameters at transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) between adenomyosis and non-adenomyosis uteri and evaluate their role for the diagnosis of diffuse adenomyosis. METHODS: prospective observationa…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate transvaginal sonography (TVS) findings after laparoscopic partial cystectomy for bladder endometriosis and to correlate postsurgical ultrasound findings with symptoms. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective study incl…
Insertion of a LNG-Intra-uterine System (LNG-IUS) has many gynecological indications. The approved indications worldwide are contraception, treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding depending on not organic disease, and endometrial protection …
Objective Adenomyosis is a benign uterine disorder characterized by the invasion of the endometrium within the myometrium, starting from the junctional zone (JZ), the inner hormone dependent layer of the myometrium that plays an important r…
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) findings in patients who underwent segmental rectosigmoid resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and to correlate postsurgical ultrasound findings with symptoms. METHODS: …
Endometriosis is a chronic condition primarily affecting young women of reproductive age. Although some women with bowel endometriosis may be asymptomatic patients typically report a myriad of symptoms such as alteration in bowel habits (co…
To assess the inter-observer agreement on the Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) features among experts and provide improved definitions of the features to facilitate diagnosing adenomyosis. A modified Delphi procedure among…
The incidence of endometriosis in middle-aged women is not minimal compared to that in the reproductive age group. The treatment of affected women after childbearing age to the natural transition toward menopause has received considerably p…
To evaluate the effects of medical treatment with norethisterone acetate (NETA) on ultrasound signs of adenomyosis, pain symptoms and abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). 40 women in fertile age with an ultrasound diagnosis of adenomyosis were …
To correlate type and degree of adenomyosis, scored through a new system based on transvaginal sonographic (TVS) features, to patient's symptoms and fertility. This is a multicentre, prospective study performed in two Endometriosis tertiary…
To assess the prevalence and ultrasound features of pelvic endometriosis in adolescents. This retrospective observational study included 238 adolescents (mean age 17.7 ±1.9 yrs.) referred to our Gynecological Clinic from January 2010 to Dec…
To determine the ultrasound feasibility and the interobserver reproducibility of a new classification of pelvic endometriosis based on an integration of the Enzian classification. 52 women with ultrasound features of endometriosis were enro…
The present study investigated the effect of surgical treatment of endometriosis on physical and mental health. We undertook a prospective survey including 153 premenopausal women with histological diagnosis of endometriosis. The Short Form…
A network of endometriosis experts from 16 Italian academic departments and teaching hospitals distributed all over the country made a critical appraisal of the available evidence and definition of 10 suggestions regarding measures to be de…
OBJECTIVE: To study the interobserver reproducibility of our new ultrasonographic mapping system to define the type and extension of uterine adenomyosis. DESIGN: Interobserver study involving two observers with different medical background…