Francisco Carmona

No ORCID on file · 119 papers in corpus · active 1996-2026

Study types

  • article 72
  • other 18
  • review 7
  • letter 4
  • preprint 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 93
  • adenomyosis 26
  • die_deep_infiltrating 23
  • infertility 18
  • dysmenorrhea 15
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 14
  • endometrioma 13
  • dyspareunia 7
  • bowel_endometriosis 3
  • bladder_endometriosis 3
other 2023
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-022-01104-9

Endometriosis can be classified into three phenotypes: superficial, ovarian, and deep. Deep endometriosis (DE) has been associated with more severe pain symptoms, although no large-scale studies have evaluated the association between pain i…

article 2023
·doi:10.1016/j.gine.2023.100855
article 2023
Women's health (London, England) ·doi:10.1177/17455057231176751

BACKGROUND: Vaccination can have an impact on menstruation, and this impact may be more notable in women with inflammatory gynecological pathologies such as endometriosis. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the impact of mRNA-based SARS-C…

article 2023
·doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2023.100031

Consequences of the shift from the use of non-invasive testing for diagnosis to screening purposes • As the high-throughput screening and sequencing become increasingly faster and affordable, that there will be a swell of commercial non-inv…

article 2023
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms241411802

There has been increasing interest in the study of new pathogenic mechanisms in endometriosis (END), including the coagulation/fibrinolysis system and its link with inflammation and tissue remodeling. It has been suggested that END patients…

other 2023
Journal of the American College of Surgeons ·doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000000713
article 2023
other 2023
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2022.11.003

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of preoperative ultrasound (US) in predicting the laparoscopically defined 2021 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) Endometriosis Staging. DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter stu…

article 2023
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-023-38728-z

Deep endometriosis (DE) can be more aggressive than other types of endometriosis, and may even lead to irreversible severe complications such as complete unilateral loss of renal function. We aimed to describe the clinical and radiologic ch…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2787009/v1

Abstract Background: Deep endometriosis (DE) is usually associated with severe pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and other pain symptoms and can be more aggressive than other types of endometriosis, even leading to irreversible severe complications…

other 2023
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2023.103827

OBJECTIVE: Several studies have reported a high prevalence of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in endometriosis patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the SLE autoimmune antibody profile in patients wi…

article 2022
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11179-8

Deep endometriosis (DE) occurs in 15-30% of patients with endometriosis and is associated with concomitant adenomyosis in around 25-49% of cases. There are no data about the effect of the presence of adenomyosis in terms of surgical outcome…

review 2022
Frontiers in psychology ·doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.935349

Anhedonia is the diminished motivation and sensitivity to pleasurable stimuli. It has been reported to be more prevalent in patients with chronic pain as compared to healthy controls. Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory systemic disease…

article 2022
Women's health (London, England) ·doi:10.1177/17455057221130566

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis greatly impacts women's health and quality of life. However, research on the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis remains inconclusive. This study assesses time trends in the prevalence and incidence of endomet…

article 2022
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2021.0323

Background: Endometriosis is a debilitating chronic inflammatory disease. The current SARS-COV2 pandemic has had an impact on the management of these patients. Tele-health care has been a relevant tool. The aim of this study was to analyze …

article 2022
·doi:10.1089/vor.2022.0009

Introduction: Indocyanine green (ICG) is a fluorescent dye that allows an accurate intraoperative real-time assessment of tissue vascularization. It has been used during endometriosis surgery to assess tissue perfusion in bowel anastomoses …

article 2022
preprint 2022
·doi:10.1101/2022.08.08.22278399

1. Abstract AIM Dysmenorrhea, defined as pain during menstruation, is the most common gynecological condition, affecting a large percentage of women with varying degrees of pain. In recent years, the management of dysmenorrhea has become in…

review 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.08.011

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a clinical entity which can lead to iron deficiency anemia. Classification according to the acronym PALM-COEIN (polyp, adenomyosis, leiomyoma, malignancy, and hyperplasia; coagulopathy, ovulatory dysfuncti…

article 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.09.709

Study objectiveTo develop a new endometriosis classification system for scoring intraoperative surgical complexity and to examine its correlation with patient-reported pain and infertility.DesignMulticenter study of patients treated at 3 re…

other 2021
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15537

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in predicting detrusor infiltration and ureteral meatus involvement in patients with bladder endometriosis (BE) to select which cystoscopic procedures could be avoided a…

preprint 2021
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-893239/v1

Abstract Background Deep endometriosis (DE) occurs in 15–30% of patients with endometriosis and is associated with concomitant adenomyosis in around 49% of cases. There are no data about the effect of the presence of adenomyosis in terms of…

article 2021
The journal of sexual medicine ·doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.11.015

BACKGROUND: The quality of life of women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is impaired and may improve with combined oral contraceptives (COCs). AIM: To compare the overall and sexual quality of life of patients diagnosed with DIE …

article 2021
Women & health ·doi:10.1080/03630242.2021.1920557

This study aimed to assess the impact of adenomyosis (AD) on different domains of sexual life. The study population included three groups: one composed of 68 women diagnosed with AD by transvaginal ultrasound, a second group comprised by 65…

article 2021
Journal of sex & marital therapy ·doi:10.1080/0092623x.2021.1986444

Adenomyosis and endometriosis are similar gynecological diseases that decrease sexual quality of life and, in the case of endometriosis, satisfaction in couple relationships. This study aimed to assess sexual quality of life and couple sati…