Claudia Tosti

Laparoscopic treatment of deep endometriosis is the most challenging surgery for gynecologists. The difficulties of this approach are associate with a quite large number of complications. Presurgical sonographic diagnostic findings are ofte…

The aim of this study was to assess three-dimensional (3D) transvaginal sonography (TVS) detectable alterations of the uterine junctional zone (JZ) in patients with only endometriomas (OMAs) or with only deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in defining size and location of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with laparoscopic/histologic confirmation. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Univers…

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia and infertility, which may be treated surgically and/or medically. The medical treatment of endometriosis may be used as a first-line option, as an a…

New perspectives for the treatment of endometriosis

Endometriosis is a chronic condition characterized by growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Common symptoms include dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia, non-cyclic pelvic pain, and infertility. Endometriosis is often treated surgically up…