Alessandro Arena

No ORCID on file · 56 papers in corpus · active 2015-2026

Study types

  • article 42
  • other 4
  • letter 3
  • review 3
  • case-report 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 50
  • die_deep_infiltrating 16
  • dysmenorrhea 12
  • dyspareunia 12
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 9
  • adenomyosis 5
  • endometrioma 1
  • infertility 1
review 2020
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·doi:10.1080/01443615.2019.1700946

Endometriosis, defined as the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, presents mainly with pelvic pain and infertility. Acute abdominal pain in non-pregnant patients with endometriosis might be minimised as a t…

article 2020
Minerva pediatrics ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4946.20.05842-9

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of ultrasound diagnosis of adenomyosis and endometriosis in young women complaining of pelvic pain and to find the symptoms and clinical characteristics associated with these …

article 2020
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-020-05629-9
article 2020
Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction ·doi:10.1016/j.jogoh.2020.101697
other 2020
Journal of sex & marital therapy ·doi:10.1080/0092623X.2019.1676852

We conducted an observational study between March 2015 and March 2018 in our academic center. Symptomatic, sexually active women with clinical and sonographic diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) or isolated ovarian endometrio…

article 2020
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15237

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the classic ultrasound (US) signs of adenomyosis, the question mark sign and transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) uterine tenderness, in the diagnosis of adenomyosis. METHODS: This was a prospect…

article 2020
Surgical innovation ·doi:10.1177/1553350620930147

Introduction. The objective of the study was to evaluate the presence of different rectosigmoid endometriosis (RSE) vascular patterns using intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) angiography and their correlation with clinicopathological da…

article 2020
Journal of sex & marital therapy ·doi:10.1080/0092623x.2020.1765057

A prospective study with the aim to evaluate the effects of pelvic floor physiotherapy was conducted among women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and associated dyspareunia. At initial evaluation superficial and deep dyspareunia w…

article 2020
·doi:10.1002/jum.15213

OBJECTIVES: To describe the ultrasound (US) features of intraligamental myomas (IMs) using Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment group standardized terminology. METHODS: This was a retrospective monocentric study. A total of 125 conse…

article 2020
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.04.004
other 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.01.010

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To clarify the relationship of hypogastric nerves (HNs) with several pelvic anatomic landmarks and to assess any anatomic differences between the 2 sides of the pelvis, both in cadaveric and in vivo dissections. DESIGN: Pr…

article 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.07.020
article 2019
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.04.010
article 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.02.015
review 2019
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina55080477

Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is effective in treating the symptoms of menopause. Endometriosis is defined as the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity with a tendency towards invasion and infiltration. B…

article 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.10.017
article 2019
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.03.023
article 2019
·doi:10.1002/uog.20971

To assess the effect of pelvic floor physiotherapy on levator hiatal area (LHA) and dyspareunia in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). We recruited a series of nulliparous women with a sonographic diagnosis of DIE and associat…

article 2019
·doi:10.1080/0092623x.2019.1676852

We conducted an observational study between March 2015 and March 2018 in our academic center. Symptomatic, sexually active women with clinical and sonographic diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) or isolated ovarian endometrio…

article 2019
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-019-03963-4
article 2018
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.02.122
review 2018
·doi:10.4172/1747-0862.1000383

Endometriosis is a common estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease and a major contributor to pelvic pain and subfertility in women of reproductive age. Its etiology and pathogenesis are not well known yet, but different studies had highligh…

article 2018
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.08.022
article 2018
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.08.031
article 2018
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/ajo.12882

BACKGROUND: Retrodisplacement of the uterus (retroflexion and/or retroversion) may be associated with pelvic pain symptoms and posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Previous studies in symptomatic women with retrodisplacement of …