Salvatore Caruso

No ORCID on file · 16 papers in corpus · active 2011-2025

Study types

  • article 9
  • letter 1
  • other 1
  • preprint 1
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 11
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 9
  • dyspareunia 5
  • dysmenorrhea 4
letter 2025
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2025.113945
article 2024
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.11.015

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of five combined oral contraceptives (COCs) - ethinylestradiol (EE) 30 μg/dienogest (DNG) 2 mg, EE 20 μg/drospirenone (DRSP) 3 mg, 17β-estradiol (E2) 1.5 mg/nomegestrol acetate (NomAc) 2.5 mg,estetrol (E4) …

2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11030810

Among the components of a healthy life, sexuality is essential, contributing to both the psychophysical and social well-being of women and, consequently, to their quality of life. A poorly investigated standpoint is the acceptability of con…

rct 2022
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01737-7

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effects of a combined oral contraceptive containing 1.5 mg 17b-estradiol (E2) and 2.5 mg nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC) or 2 mg/daily dienogest (DNG) oral progestin on endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain (C…

preprint 2022
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1323526/v1

Abstract Background: To evaluate the effects of a combined oral contraceptive containing 1.5mg 17b-estradiol (E2) and 2.5mg nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC) or 2 mg/daily dienogest (DNG) oral progestin on endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic …

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.03.002
article 2021
·doi:10.1080/13645706.2021.1910312

Intrauterine pathologies are common in postmenopausal women and clinicians must identify signs and symptoms accurately to provide the adequate diagnosis and treatment. The quality of life (QoL) and sexuality of women are important outcomes …

other 2020
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2020.8291

Background: To evaluate the effects of a 24/4 regimen combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing 1.5 mg 17β-estradiol (E2) and 2.5 mg nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC) compared to on-demand nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on women…

article 2019

Salvatore Caruso,1,2 Marco Iraci,1 Stefano Cianci,1 Salvatore Giovanni Vitale,1 Valentina Fava,1,2 Antonio Cianci1,21Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 2Research Group for …

article 2019
Journal of pain research ·doi:10.2147/jpr.s207599

Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and sexual function of women affected by endometriosis pain treated with Dienogest (DNG) for 24 months. Patients and methods: Fifty-four women constituted the …

review 2018
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms19072120

The Human Genome Project led to the discovery that about 80% of our DNA is transcribed in RNA molecules. Only 2% of the human genome is translated into proteins, the rest mostly produces molecules called non-coding RNAs, which are a heterog…

article 2016
Journal of endocrinological investigation ·doi:10.1007/s40618-016-0460-6

PurposeTo evaluate the effects of a continuous regimen combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing 2 mg dienogest and 30 µg ethinyl estradiol (DNG/EE) compared to a 21/7 regimen on the quality of life (QoL) and sexual function in women aff…

article 2015
Minerva ginecologica

AIM: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the effects of the association between palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and α-lipoic acid (LA) on quality of life (QoL) and sexual function in women affected by endometriosis-associated pelvic pain. MET…

article 2015
Journal of endocrinological investigation ·doi:10.1007/s40618-015-0383-7

PurposeThe aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of dienogest (DNG) on quality of life (QoL) and sexual function of women affected by endometriosis pain.MethodsFifty-four women constituted the study group and were given 2 mg/daily DN…

2014
Journal of prenatal medicine

Introductionfallopian tube choriocarcinoma coexistent with viable intrauterine pregnancy is an extremely rare condition.Case reportwe present the first case reported in literature of tubal choriocarcinoma coexistent with viable intrauterine…

article 2011
·doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02409.x

INTRODUCTION: A new oral contraceptive containing the natural estrogen estradiol and a 19-nortestosterone derivate dienogest (DNG) in a four-phasic 28-day regimen may be used by women. AIM: To investigate the quality of sexual life of healt…