Paola Viganò

No ORCID on file · 281 papers in corpus · active 1992-2026

Study types

  • article 134
  • review 88
  • other 22
  • letter 14
  • meta-analysis 12

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 263
  • infertility 50
  • adenomyosis 19
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 18
  • endometrioma 17
  • dysmenorrhea 11
  • bowel_endometriosis 9
  • dyspareunia 8
  • die_deep_infiltrating 6
  • bladder_endometriosis 5
letter 2024
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2024.04.008
preprint 2024
·doi:10.22541/au.170670968.82836468/v1

Objective: To evaluate if moderate-severe endometriosis impairs uterine arteries pulsatility index (UtA-PI) during pregnancy when compared to unaffected controls. Design: Observational prospective cohort study. Setting: University-affiliate…

article 2024
JAMA ·doi:10.1001/jama.2024.21908
preprint 2024
·doi:10.20944/preprints202403.0500.v1

Peritoneal fluid is an ovarian exudate from the growing follicle or corpus luteum. Therefore, the free concentrations of estrogens and progesterone are always much higher than in plasma, especially after ovulation. The peritoneum is not vas…

meta-analysis 2024
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.026

IMPORTANCE: Evidence suggests that aberrant uterine contractility in nonpregnant women with endometriosis and adenomyosis contributes to symptoms and potentially heralds their pathogenesis. However, uterine peristalsis remains understudied,…

article 2024
·doi:10.1097/ogx.0000000000001267

(Abstracted from Reprod Biomed Online 2023;47:103414 Endometriosis is a well-established risk factor for infertility due to alterations in folliculogenesis, oocyte release from the ovaries, tubal function, and oocyte fertilization. In addit…

review 2024
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoae045

STUDY QUESTION: What are the quantitative, qualitative, and temporal patterns of retrograde mentruation? SUMMARY ANSWER: The extreme quantitative and qualitative heterogeneity of the available studies prevents the definitive conclusion tha…

meta-analysis 2024
JAMA network open ·doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.54249

IMPORTANCE: Although multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain the infertility related to endometriosis, there are no conclusive data on the association of endometriosis with endometrial receptivity. The oocyte donation model in ass…

meta-analysis 2024
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deae086

STUDY QUESTION: Does endometriosis prevalence differ in patients with obstructive Müllerian anomalies (OMA) versus those with nonobstructive Müllerian anomalies (NOMA), and in patients with NOMA versus those without Müllerian anomalies? SU…

article 2024
·doi:10.1093/humrep/deae108.643

Abstract Study question Are women with endometriosis in a state of systemic imbalance between pro- and anti-coagulants? Summary answer Women with endometriosis do not seem to exhibit a coagulation imbalance, at least at a systemic level. Wh…

other 2024
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.050
review 2024
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.104345

A century ago, Sampson identified three uterine anatomical structures that may determine the amount of retrograde menstruation and the likelihood of the development of endometriosis: the cervix, the intramural portion of the fallopian tubes…

review 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.xfnr.2024.100083

Many adolescents and young women experience dysmenorrhea, a condition that is often trivialized or overlooked but can cause a substantial deterioration in health-related quality of life. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-…

article 2024
·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoae007
other 2024
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.01.015
review 2024
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/IJWH.S440542

UNLABELLED: "SO FAR AWAY" * How Doctors Can Contribute to Making Endometriosis Hell on Earth [* by Knopfler M. In Dire Straits. Brothers in Arms. Vertigo Records, U.K., 1985]. ABSTRACT: The distance physicians may create within the relatio…

article 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2024.100095
review 2024
Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders ·doi:10.1007/s11154-023-09826-0

Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are two common female reproductive disorders with a significant impact on the health and quality of life of women affected. A novel hypothesis by evolutionary biologists suggested that thes…

article 2024
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoae035

This cohort study follows the publication of a previous prospective pilot study by the same research group.Bean et al. (2019) followed 35 women with severe acute lower abdominal pain and detected de novo DIE at ultrasound follow-up in 4/6 (…

meta-analysis 2023
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.03.018

We performed a comprehensive narrative synthesis of systematic reviews with meta-analysis published in the last 5 years on the association of endometriosis and adenomyosis with reproductive and obstetric outcomes. This review aimed to defin…

article 2023
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-022-02700-z

PURPOSE: A reduced oocyte competence has been claimed as one of the factors underlying infertility in women with endometriosis. This idea has justified the hypothesis that intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), rather than conventional IV…

article 2023
Biomolecules ·doi:10.3390/biom13071052

Endometriosis affects more than 10% of women of reproductive age, significantly impacting their quality of life. Diagnosis typically takes 4 to 11 years from symptom onset. The gold standard for diagnosing this disease, laparoscopy, is inva…

preprint 2023
·doi:10.1101/2023.03.29.23287909

STRUCTURED ABSTRACT Objective To develop a non-invasive diagnostic test for endometriosis. Design We conducted two studies: the development study (study 1) aimed at (i) evaluating the ability of CA125, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDN…

article 2023
·doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2023.100017

With the introduction of vitrification and the improvement in clinical outcomes, oocyte freezing for fertility preservation is currently proposed for an increasing number of indications. In this review, we have addressed the rationale to pr…

review 2023
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-023-01157-8

Advanced endometriosis is associated with a reduction of IVF success. Surgical damage to the ovarian reserve following the excision of endometriomas has been claimed as a critical factor in the explanation of this detrimental effect. Howeve…