Massimo Franchi

No ORCID on file · 11 papers in corpus · active 1999-2021

Study types

  • article 6
  • letter 2
  • other 2
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • mesh:D004715 6
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • infertility 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
other 2021
BMC pregnancy and childbirth ·doi:10.1186/s12884-021-03721-9

BACKGROUND: Retained placenta represents a cause of maternal morbidity and mortality affecting 0.5-3% of all vaginal deliveries. The unpredictability of this condition makes difficult to develop predictive and preventive strategies to apply…

article 2021
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14238

INTRODUCTION: The transfusion rate in hysterectomies for benign pathology is almost 3%. However, despite the strong interest in reducing intraoperative bleeding, limited evidence is available regarding the technical aspects concerning uteri…

review 2019
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms20225615

The etiopathogenesis of endometriosis is a multifactorial process resulting in a heterogeneous disease. Considering that endometriosis etiology and pathogenesis are still far from being fully elucidated, the current review aims to offer a c…

article 2018
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.10.057
letter 2018
Annals of translational medicine ·doi:10.21037/atm.2018.08.24

Endometriosis is a chronic estrogen-dependent disease affecting 5–10% of women in reproductive age (1). Although it can be asymptomatic in a minority of the cases, the main symptoms and signs include chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, pain …

article 2016
Journal of computer assisted tomography ·doi:10.1097/rct.0000000000000447

OBJECTIVE: We wanted to assess the diagnostic value of computed tomographic colonography (CTC) in recognizing bowel endometriosis in comparison with serum Ca125, transvaginal sonography (TVS), and presence of intestinal symptoms. METHODS: W…

article 2013
Clinical biochemistry ·doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.04.029
article 2010
Abdominal imaging ·doi:10.1007/s00261-010-9610-z
other 2009
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis ·doi:10.1002/jcla.20340

AIM: Although CA125 is the most widely used cancer marker in the diagnostic approach of pelvic masses in women, its clinical usefulness is limited because it lacks expression of the antigen in the early stages of disease. The human epididym…

letter 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.151
article 1999
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00106-5