Alessandro Fasciani

article 2023

Combined Treatment of Uterine Leiomyoma and Ovarian Endometrioma: Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablations in Five Steps

·doi:10.1089/vor.2023.0021

Introduction: Uterine fibroids and ovarian endometriosis are the most frequent gynecological pathologies. 1 , 2 The gold standard treatment for both is laparoscopy which almost always involves hospitalization with overnight accommodation, h…

2020

A Prospective Intervention Trial on Tailored Radiofrequency Ablation of Uterine Myomas.

Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina56030122

Background and Objective: Investigating the use of radiofrequency myolysis (RFM) for the treatment of fibroids through less invasive access by combining transvaginal ultrasound, hysteroscopy and laparoscopy. Materials and Methods: Fifty-fou…

book-chapter 2017

Endometriosis

·doi:10.1007/978-3-662-53210-2_20

article 2016

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article 2014

Computational model for survey and trend analysis of patients with endometriosis : a decision aid tool for EBM

Endometriosis is increasingly collecting worldwide attention due to its medical complexity and social impact. The European community has identified this as a “social disease”. A large amount of information comes from scientists, yet several…

article 2010

Endometriosis Index: A Software-Derived Score to Predict the Presence and Severity of the Disease

·doi:10.1177/228402651000200205

Objective To develop a clinical index that will positively predict the presence of endometriosis. Design Prospective single-center observational study. Setting: A hospital-based institute. Patients 120 patients affected by chronic pelvic pa…

article 2010

Overexpression and Functional Relevance of Somatostatin Receptor-1, -2, and -5 in Endometrium and Endometriotic Lesions

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2010-0397

CONTEXT: Somatostatin plays a role in physiological and pathological cell proliferation and angiogenesis. Five subtypes of somatostatin receptors have been identified, and the therapeutic use of somatostatin receptor-selective agonists has …

article 2009

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Endometriosis: Still a Controversial Issue:

·doi:10.5301/je.2009.3584

Abstract\n\nEndometriosis is a chronic, multifactorial, polygenic gynecological disease. Endometrium has a high angiogenic potential and endometriotic lesions involve large areas with a rich blood supply. Angiogenesis is controlled by numer…

article 2003

Three-dimensional in vitro culture of endometrial explants mimics the early stages of endometriosis

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)02164-2

ObjectiveTo reproduce the earliest phases of endometriosis using a new in vitro model in which cells from a cultured endometrial fragment can proliferate, invade, reconstitute new endometrial-like tissue, and generate blood vessels.DesignEx…

article 2002

Vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin-6 and interleukin-2 in serum and follicular fluid of patients with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(01)00568-1

BackgroundThe pathogenesis of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is not completely understood.ObjectiveTo investigate the presence of VEGF, IL-6 and IL-2, in serum and follicular fluid, in patients developing severe OHSS.Study designW…

article 2000

High concentrations of the vascular endothelial growth factor and interleukin-8 in ovarian endometriomata

Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/6.1.50

Patients with endometriosis are characterized by the ability of the endometrium to implant and by the peritoneal response to the tissue; angiogenic factors may play a significant role in the aetiology of endometriosis supporting the implant…