Angela Pezzolla

BACKGROUND: Even if endometriosis is usually an exclusively gynecological issue, atypical locations fall within the interest of general surgery. The aim of our retrospective study focuses on the need for surgeons to face this rare condition…

Intestinal endometriosis represents a common condition that occurs particularly in women of reproductive age. The gastrointestinal tract is the third most common localization of endometriosis, after the ovaries and the peritoneum, and recto…

Endometriosis is a disease in women in which endometrial tissue is found in abnormal sites, frequently in the peritoneum and pelvic viscera. Endometriosis may therefore affect the genital organs, particularly the left ovary, or it may occur…

Endometriosis is seldom of interest to the general surgeon, since it is generally an exclusively gynaecological condition. Atypical locations, however, do fall within the domain of general surgery. Extra-gynaecological endometriosis denotes…