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2016
Copyright © 2014 Athanasios Protopapas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original wor…
other
2014
We conducted this prospective cohort study to standardize our laparoscopic technique of excision of posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) nodules, according to their size, location, and geometry, including 36 patients who were gro…
article
2012
Surgical management of deep infiltrating endometriosis can be very challenging even for experienced gynecologists. Radical procedures like bowel resection and nephrectomy have been reported for treatment of the disease. Our aim is to report…
article
2012
Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (LESS) is an uncommon uterine malignancy. Occasionally, it may develop in extrauterine endometriotic lesions and present morphological characteristics mimicking various neoplasms, making its diagnosis v…
article
2012
BACKGROUND: The KISS1/KISS1R system has been implicated in the physiology of reproduction and many studies have documented the stimulatory effect of kisspeptin on Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin secretion. In addition…
article
2010
article
2010
The transcription of the insulinlike growth factor 1 (igf-1) gene generates three mRNA isoforms, namely IGF-1Ea, IGF-1Eb and IGF-1Ec (or MGF [mechano growth factor]). Herein, we analyzed the expression of IGF-1 isoforms in eutopic and ectop…
article
2009
article
2006
A rare case of rectovaginal endometriosis with lymph node involvement is described in a 44-year-old patient. The presence of endometrial tissue in pelvic lymph nodes is rare and has been confirmed in the literature in subjects who underwent…
article
2006
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endometriosis is considered an important cause of chronic pelvic pain. Despite its high prevalence, controversy still exists regarding the true association between the extent of endometriosis and the severity of symptoms. W…
article
2006
Endometriosis is among the most important causes of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women of reproductive age; it reportedly is present in as many as one third of women having diagnostic laparoscopy for pain. This prospective study examined th…
article
2006
Pathogenesis of endometriosis involves growth factors, which are synthesized locally. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) prevents apoptosis and has mitogenic action on endometrial cells. The IGF-1 gene undergoes alternative splicing and r…
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2006
article
2005
PURPOSE: To evaluate prospectively ultrasonography (US)-guided cyst aspiration and methotrexate injection in the management of simple and endometriotic ovarian cysts in selected patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Authors obtained informed pat…
article
2001
Advanced endometriosis is a common cause of infertility. It has traditionally been treated surgically by laparotomy. The surgeon had to cope mainly with adhesions, endometriotic implants and, quite often, endometriotic cysts of various diam…
letter
2000
article
1999
The purpose of this study was to compare the surgical management and pregnancy rates in women with advanced endometriosis and endometriomata who were treated either by endoscopic surgery or by microsurgery at laparotomy. Two groups were stu…
article
1998
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors influencing postoperative pregnancy rate in women with extensive endometriosis and large endometriomata as the only identified cause of infertility that were treated by laparoscopy. METHOD: Sixty-four infertil…
article
1997