FERRERO, SIMONE

INTRODUCTION: Ectopic endometrial tissue is found in 1.5% to 6.2% of women of reproductive age, in up to 60% of those with dysmenorrhoea, and in up to 30% of women with subfertility, with a peak incidence at around 40 years of age. However,…

ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine the concentration of haptoglobin (Hp) in peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with and without endometriosis and its correlation with the phase of the menstrual cycle. The expression of Hpβe (determined by two-di…

AIM: The rectosigmoid is the most frequent location of intestinal endometriosis. Although several techniques have been proposed for the diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis, no gold standard is currently available. In this review, we descr…

Recent case reports and pilot studies suggested that aromatase inhibitors might be effective in treating pain symptoms related to the presence of endometriosis. We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who suffered dysmenorrhea, dyspareun…

Introduction: Although various techniques have been proposed for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis, no gold standard is currently available. The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Introduction: Few studies investigated the effect of bowel endometriosis on intestinal physiology. Nerve fibers and their neurotransmitters are known to contribute to intestinal inflammation. Substance P (SP) is the main neurotrans- mitter …

Introduction: Multidetector computerized tomography enteroclysis (MDCTe) has been demonstrated to be accurate in the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis. In this study we present a modified protocol of MDCTe which allows to study the urinary t…

Introduction: This study aims to determine whether uterine adenomyosis may impair the improvement of pain symptoms afterlaparoscopic excision of pelvic endometriosis combined with colorectal resection.\nMaterials and methods: Subjects of th…

Introduction: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) and TVS combined with water-contrast in the rectum(RWC-TVS) in the diagnosis of rectal infiltration in women with rectovaginal endometriosis.…

Numerous clinical trials demonstrated that the optimal log-term treatment of pelvic pain caused by endometriosis may involve the use of GnRH ana- logues (GnRH-a) to suppress ovarian estrogen production combined with add- back low doses of e…