Francisco Carmona
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· 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
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- María-Angeles Martínez-Zamora 56
- Meritxell Gracia 46
- Mariona Rius 45
- Martínez-Zamora MA 37
- Cristina Ros 35
- Rius M 31
- Ros C 20
- Balasch Cortina J 19
- Joan Balasch 19
- Cristian de Guirior 18
letter
2021
letter
2021
article
2021
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the utility of carbohydrate antigen (CA)125 and human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) to detect malignancy in women with ovarian endometriosis, when ovarian cancer is suspected and ultrasonography results are inconclusive. …
other
2021
Background: Quality of life in adenomyosis (AD) patients has been poorly investigated. Previous data suggest that AD has negative impact on the quality of life in these women. Materials and Methods: From September 2018 to December 2019, all…
review
2021
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to compare reproductive outcomes in patients who underwent surgery for deep infiltrative endometriosis (DIE) before in vitro fertilization (IVF) with those in patients who…
article
2021
STUDY OBJECTIVE: We performed a long-term follow-up to quantify the impairment of sexual quality of life (SQL) and health-related QL (HRQL) in sexually active women after laparoscopic excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIG…
article
2021
Evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in predicting the presence of deep endometriosis (DE) in the uterosacral ligaments (USLs), torus uterinus (TU) and posterior vaginal fornix (PVF) in women with suspected endo…
article
2021
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in diagnosing deep endometriosis (DE) involving the uterosacral ligaments (USLs), torus uterinus (TU) or posterior vaginal fornix (PVF) in women with suspected endometrios…
article
2020
article
2020
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the effect of bowel preparation prior to transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) examination on the detection of bowel involvement and the description of rectosigmoid nodules of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), and to eva…
article
2020
Study objectiveTo compare the sensitivity and specificity of the transvaginal ultrasonography (TVUS) narrative report with those of the structured report for the diagnosis of adenomyosis.DesignRetrospective study.SettingA tertiary teaching …
review
2020
BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis is a benign uterine disorder where endometrial glands and stroma are pathologically demonstrated within the uterine myometrium. The pathogenesis involves sex steroid hormone abnormalities, inflammation, fibrosis and …
article
2020
Objective To assess ovarian reserve through antral follicle count (AFC) and ovarian volume (OV) determination after decapsulation (stripping technique) or CO 2 laser vaporization in the surgical treatment of patients with bilateral ovarian …
case-report
2020
Extrapelvic endometriosis is a rare and usually misdiagnosed entity. Some extrapelvic endometriotic lesions are small and nonpalpable, which makes them difficult to locate and remove. Here, we report the use of radioactive seed localization…
book-chapter
2020
book-chapter
2020
article
2020
The aim of our study was to analyse the sonographic changes of endometriosis patients who have received combined oral contraceptive continuous regimens (COCCR) for at least 1 year of duration. A total of 566 endometriosis patients were eval…
article
2019
article
2019
article
2019
Objective: Circulating cell-derived microparticles have been reported to be elevated in inflammatory and procoagulant conditions including deep infiltrating endometriosis. The objective of this pilot study was to investigate whether higher …
article
2019
To compare the stiffness ratios of an apparently normal myometrium and a myometrium that meets the criteria for adenomyosis. A cross section study was designed in a university centre, from April to July 2017. Women were classified in three …
article
2019
To describe symptoms and sonographic findings of women with bladder endometriosis (BE). A prospective study including patients with ultrasound diagnosis of BE who attended an Endometriosis Unit were included. The infiltration of the nodules…
article
2019
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia among women with endometriosis and analyze the effect of fibromyalgia on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS: An observational case-control study conducted at a tertiary hosp…
rct
2019
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate serial generation of microparticles (MPs) after laparoscopic stripping or CO2 laser vaporization in the surgical treatment of patients with ovarian endometrioma (OE). DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, blinded,…
article
2018
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been described to be related to the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions. Endometriosis is currently considered a chronic inflammatory condition. Therefore, we performed a prelimi…